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MILLIMETERS

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A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION

PART IV
(1899-1910)

Thomas E. Jeffrey
Lisa Gitelman
Gregory Jankunis
David W. Hutchings
Leslie Fields

Theresa M. Collins
Gregory Field
Aldo E. Salerno
Karen A. Detig
Lorie Stock

Robert Rosenberg
Director and Editor

Sponsors

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University Publications of America
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1999

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University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

The original documents hi this edition are from the archives at the Edison National Historic Site
at West Orange, New Jersey.

ISBN 0-89093-703-6

THOMAS A. EDISON PAPERS

Robert A. Rosenberg
Director and Editor

Thomas E. Jeffrey
Associate Director and Coeditor

Paul B. Israel

Managing Editor, Book Edition
Helen Endick

Assistant Director for Administration

Associate Editors
Theresa M. Collins
Lisa Gitelman
Keith A. Nier

Research Associates
Gregory Jankunis
Lorie Stock

Assistant Editors
Louis Cariat
Aido E. Salerno

Secretary
Grace Kurkowski

Student Assistants

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Bethany Jankunis Stacey Saeig

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Jersey John Maounis

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New Jersey Historical Commission Bernard Finn

Howard L. Green Arthur P. Molella

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

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R. Frank Colson, University of Southampton
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Merritt Roe Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS

PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Charles Edison Fund
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PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS
National Science Foundation
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Humanities

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Records Commission

PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS

Alabama Power Company

Anonymous

AT&T

Atlantic Electric

Association of Edison Illuminating
Companies

Batteile Memorial Institute
The Boston Edison Foundation
Cabot Corporation Foundation, Inc.
Carolina Power & Light Company
Consolidated Edison Company of New
York, Inc.

Consumers Power Company
Cooper Industries
Corning Incorporated
Duke Power Company
Entergy Corporation (Middle South
Electric System)

Exxon Corporation

Florida Power & Light Company

General Electric Foundation

Gould Inc. Foundation

Gulf States Utilities Company

David and Nina Heitz

Hess Foundation, Inc.

Idaho Power Company

IMO Industries

International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Katz
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Midwest Resources, Inc.

Minnesota Power
New Jersey Bell
New York State Electric & Gas
Corporation

North American Philips Corporation
Philadelphia Electric Company
Philips Lighting B.V.

Public Service Electric and Gas Company

RCA Corporation

Robert Bosch GmbH

Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

San Diego Gas and Electric

Savannah Electric and Power Company

Schering-Plough Foundation

Texas Utilities Company

Thomas & Betts Corporation

Thomson Grand Public

Transamerica Delavol Inc.

Westinghouse Foundation
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

A Note on the Sources

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available. Every technical
effort possible has been
made to ensure legibility.

PUBLICATION AND MICROFILM
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Patent Application Book, PN-09-01-21

This small looseleaf binder, which was compiled by or for Frank D.
Lewis of the Legal Department, contains information about patent
applications. The applicants include Edison, Jonas W. Aylsworth, Frank L.
Dyer, Miller Reese Hutchison, Alexander N. Pierman, and other employees,
as well as outside parties under obligation to Edison or to one of his
companies. The applications, which cover the period January 1 909-
November 1912, are grouped according to the following categories:
phonograph machines, recorders and reproducers, records, moving pictures,
storage battery, cement, electrical, numbering machines, primary battery,
compositions, and miscellaneous. Each entry provides the name of the
applicant, application date, serial and folio numbers, and a brief summary of
the specification. Some of the entries also include a drawing or an indication
that the patent was assigned to the Edison Manufacturing Co., Edison
Storage Battery Co., New Jersey Patent Co., or Thomas A. Edison, Inc. The
pages are unnumbered. Approximately 400 pages have been used.

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' - Serial' Ho. 728,370

: I. A. Edison -■

.■ Colored pioture projection
apparatus* (Divisional appln .
see folio " ) •

Folio 904 filed iOot. 20, 1912;

. : ■ Serial Ho; 728,393

. \ R. Hutohison.

Asgnd T.;A.;E/, Ino.

: Acetylene; Burner safoty valve

for Home P.K. .

. iMeana: for: cutting off the gas
from ! tank when gas is turned off
at burner.

p.-! A. Edison

Storage; Battery Eleotrode
, ...» ori less- ofi bismuth oxide ad<
ed to nickel hydroxide, or 15$

• -of imetallip -bismuth-;added-rto - >
L_nidhel i.hydroxide:.. ; ! i _

r m

! Storage
burrs from
ar:e'

. grinding the
.lid! strips which-'

batter;

install! . , _ _ .

r pockets.' '

I'Jiily' 1“,T:
Serial Ho. £69
’•Edison ••!•

! Folio 743 i-|

file i

t.. !aI

Seri i

. . i ;Prooess ;of
•lioj copper from .
metals i associated
which consists j: '
associated meta!
jtion -of animonr
jtaining a ‘redubij

ing'

to the

separating .
other,1 metal:

jtrierewith
• |treatiri| '
with la| ;
sulphate
file jhaioid
heating,1 and isupplyin

mixtu:

... mi;

.. ‘Edison;

,ai So.. .626,298

- filed1 Hay 18, ‘ 1911
Soria-l : IT o . ■ 62!7,‘995
A.1 Edison ! • ; ■ •

; Separating- oopp'er from metallic:
‘niolj-el associated: therewith, ■

: which 'consists in' treating ‘the; • •

1 associated Imotals1 with a solution-
' o:f ; copper; sulphate 'containing : - 1
; c,upric ohloride; arid' simultaneous -
; l:y; stirring,' heatjiiig' and Supply- :
i brt oxygeh hontc-iihi'ng has' to ;
the mixture.; ' 1 1 ‘ v ■ • 1 •

' J-!

L 759- r...f iled ..June : SI., 19.11 .
.... Serial ITo.; 634,428. .
. II. ; Hut ohi:s on. :

: Asgnd.E;. S.3.: Co. 1

• Safety.. devices for : storage : ...
•'+er-ies - tp-.-prevont-explosione , ■

■io 762 -..filed. July. 6>'. lgii :

• Serial. Ho. 637,177 .

• I.I.R. -Hutohison . :

• • Asgnd E.-S.3-. ;Co.- •

' • 'Method- of • charging storage • •
batteries ,• v/hic-h rconsists in-- .

dividing -the battery: in- three •

groups,- connecting- two of -the - .

groups in sorie's,- charging- to - -

one-half -oapaoity,- then1 ■ donned t- . -•

ing -one- of - said: group and -the-- : ■ i
third - group :in- series :and charg- ": ;
ing ‘\in til the i said* groups are1 —
'*ull*y charged ; and half - charged" ; ; :
respectively, ; and then Wnnebt-rLH
ing -the: two half Tcharged grouper"-'
in: series and ! fully" ‘ohargihg: the '
'same, 1 •; • ; r j- j

i ' ffolid 771 ■ filed ; July -29 ,-'1911
i : : ; Serial- IToV : 641 ,326

: . ; ‘ : : JV !'V/i. lAyl-swortli : : -

" ■ ; ; i'li'oahde j "t'o ';E VST.TT. P<j 7

An instilatingj (compound con-''
.. Gaining an. oxidation product of
i iqhlprinated.; naphthalene. ■ '

golio ; 785 r ifilpd,’. Sei?t’Vj2B,!' 1911 V
■ ; .Serio.'l.lTp.; .65.1 J 69.7 ■ '

rr : • • •- i Kv-R.; .Hutqhisjojj. i.'i ■ T

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•Cliarsine- storage; b'att.'i
'-the -currant!

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rn:

.or.ies i__L

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filed March
Serial No. 61
H.; E. Hut o hi:
Asgiid E.’S.B'.

. . .Pressure, indicating. and con- '
trolling means fori storage: bat¬
teries (improvement .on Polio 797)’

. Switoh in charging. circuit! adapted
to. be;released when batteries are
fully ; charged.

; filed j)eo:. '22 ,! 19i.
j Serial if o'. '667j,366
;A. jBdisoh; '! i '

!. ptoralge bctte;ry.

■ Ao.iijvd material: fo* storage
. tory electrode iconoisting of ,
: mixture of finely divided non!
pyrophoric, iron and jmeroury.1

Eoli'o ! 801 r iiled Oct. 21', l&ll'
' 1 ... ; Serial jir'o. 655,902

. Edison . . .

Cement Kiln.:

. .. ! The ;use; of. an! oil burner . .
and spreader, for pulverized .
fuel, i i _

j- • •! Using. the oil i burner- as:
in. auxiliary, to ! neat, up kiln. . .

35%! ajnthraoit'e -and ■

fuel will ignite:

! so. that: the .
: 65% hituminoi
■ more! readily!,

■Polio .805. - filed. 3eo.. 1, lOlli

. Thomas !A. Edison! i

■ : • Serial ilo.. 663,399:.

aiv. of folio- 34 ■

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■Folio 021 ■ -• f ilG'd ■ Jan . 30 , 1912
" ' ' Serial No. • 674,274 •
. 1 ' A!. 'Edison : • • •

Concrete' furniture - making'
chairs, etc. in 'sections' of
'demerit ' reinforced - with' piping. '

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Voltage regulation for' h'ou.
lighting; system froni battery. ;

Polio '051 - filed' :£ardh: 22; 1912 '
. ; ; ! ; I : Serial ;ir'o.' 68‘5;542 ' i

; i ; ! ; ; j f A.! Midoh ' "' i ' "i

■ stora'ge battery wagin' (sbcorid;
. tfonstruotldn;). : • . I j ' lv'i ’

1 Cohtkot adapted to 'd'isi
“ heat *->

■in rectifiers said;

being ' oonib-shaped'.

mj: j

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Piled June 13‘, 1912
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. . . i . ; : .Serial! No. 712,591 .

.Thomas; A... Ediispn! ;

■ Starting ideviae . for automobiles.
Compound lnol;or generator. ! Using ;
the -series. winding; for motor and . .
the -shunt winding for . generator L .
Splitting the. battery • so :that ! ;
while, one half is being, discharged .
the -other half will :be charged from
the -generator-. : i ; ! ■ ■ \ ■ •

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Serial' No ; 58
lud son' &' Elina
/Vsgha' Ea'ison

, 1910
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! (Division 'of Polio! 559 ); ; !

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Aylsv/ortH •

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whioHi oprisis'ts 'in 'forming" a j : i : '
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ration ;of jiela.t . |tii. a*$ioae_ jboi ,tie.i. . i .!

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i “J.i W. lAylswortlf
: Serial] No. : 590,601 I
• licenses. ioiNiPi . Co.

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. Ob, : . ;

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-of-making the -same.-j— •Rubber-oom-;-
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|| License |to |T ; A. E. , |

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|| j Condensite..

. Method of molding hollow ; .
objects. . . Usirig |a. oore of. fusible .
material: and me.lt ing out. the same ;
after; the object . is ;formed. !

od .of. .molding. ;

baoking :of hard .plai
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'St or'.; Bat; V pel
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Eoiio 853 - tiled! liar i j

f-" ; : serial. Ho.; 699,109; ,

. Eliomas ;A. Edisqn; . ,

. : Method of! .qono!entrating.;Ore,s.
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DOCUMENT FILE SERIES

The Document File is primarily a collection of incoming letters addressed
to Edison. The letters frequently contain notations by Edison or his secretaries
indicating the nature of the reply. Drafts and copies of outgoing letters can also
be found in this file, along with a variety of other documents, such as
memoranda, reports, and agreements.

Most of the items in this collection were initially part of Edison's own
correspondence files, which were maintained by his secretaries and stored in
a series of cardboard "letter boxes." After Edison's death, the documents were
transferred by archivists into folders and reorganized within each year
according to subjects. Other items, not part of the original correspondence files,
were subsequently added to the collection. In addition, some of Edison's
correspondence was removed from the Document File and transferred by
archivists to other record groups. An example is the correspondence relating
to Edison's search for sources of nickel for his alkaline storage battery. Those
letters can now be found in the records of the Mining Exploration Co. of New
Jersey.

The Document File for 1 899-1 91 0 contains a substantially larger amount
of non-Edison correspondence than for earlier years. For example, there are
numerous letters addressed to William E. Gilmore, who served until 1908 as
president of the National Phonograph Co. and the Bates Manufacturing Co.,
as vice president of the Edison Manufacturing Co., and as general manager of
the Edison Phonograph Works. In addition, there are numerous memoranda
and carbon copies of Gilmore's outgoing correspondence. During the 1990s,
most of the correspondence relating to the National Phonograph Co. was
removed from the Document File and organized by archivists into a separate
record group. Nonetheless, a considerable amount of Gilmore’s
correspondence remains in the Document File, particularly in the "Battery,
Primary," "Edison Manufacturing Company," and "Motion Pictures" folders!
Similarly, many of the folders for 1 908-1 91 0 contain items from the office files
of Frank L. Dyer, general counsel of the Legal Department, who succeeded
Gilmore as the head of Edison’s enterprises in August 1908. In addition, there
are numerous letters to and from Edison's secretaries— John F. Randolph and
his successor, Harry F. Miller— and other company and laboratory employees.

Many of the letters for 1 899-1 91 0 relate to the technical and commercial
development of phonographs, motion pictures, and storage batteries. There are
also items concerning the legal and financial dealings of the Edison
companies, particularly the Edison Manufacturing Co. and the Edison
Phonograph Works. Among the phonograph-related items are descriptions of
the Works, memoranda regarding experimentation and model changes, and
correspondence involving protracted litigation over sales rights. The material
on motion pictures includes references to production and marketing, copyright
and censorship issues, and experimentation with colored film and talking
pictures. The battery-related correspondence pertains to the technical
development and the domestic and foreign exploitation of Edison's alkaline
storage battery, which he introduced in 1901 and continued to improve
throughout the decade. Included are items regarding possible applications of
the cells, particularly in automobiles and other electric vehicles. In addition,
there are letters and other documents concerning the New Jersey Patent Co ’
a patent-holding company organized in 1903; the increasing centralization of
Edison’s businesses under the administrative aegis of the Legal Department
and the Manufacturing and Executive Committees; and the formation of
business associations or pools with the Edison Portland Cement Co 's
competitors and with motion picture producers and distributors.

During the period 1899-1910 Edison received an increasing number of
unsolicited letters from aspiring inventors, individuals seeking autographs or
charitable contributions, and others writing in response to published accounts
of Edison's inventions, opinions, or experiences. Edison responded to some of
these letters with marginal notations, in which he expresses his views on topics
such as religion and spiritualism, hearing impairment, aviation and aerial
navigation, and wireless telegraphy. Other marginal responses indicate his
plans for a poured concrete house and his recollections of the details of his
early years. In addition, there are items from clubs and societies to which
Edison belonged or which tried to interest him in their activities, along with
letters from journalists, entrepreneurs, and organizers of expositions and trade
shows. Edison also received a substantial amount of correspondence from the
general public as a result of his solicitations for information about the location
of gold dry placer mines (1901-1904) and inexpensive supplies of cobalt ore
(1906-1907).

There are also some letters relating to Edison's personal finances and
family affairs. The "Edison, T.A. - Family" folders contain numerous letters

about the personal and financial difficulties of Edison's sons, Thomas A.
Edison, Jr., and William Leslie Edison, as well as the interests and activities of
his second wife, Mina Miller Edison, and other members of his immediate and
extended family. The "Glenmont" and "Fort Myers" folders contain items
pertaining to Edison’s home in Llewellyn Park and his winter home in Florida.

The items in the Document File are arranged by year and are subdivided
within each year according to broad subject categories. Many of those
categories relate to technologies such as phonographs, storage batteries, and
motion pictures. Although most Edison companies are categorized as
subentries within a particular technology, a few companies appear as main
entries, generally because their activities embraced several technologies or
because they remained distinct from other Edison interests. Examples include
the Edison Manufacturing Co. and the New Jersey Patent Co. Related material
regarding the business of Edison's various companies can be found in the
Company Records Series.

Documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not fall under
any of the technology categories are filed in "Edison, T.A. - General."
Researchers interested in a particulartopic should always consult "Edison, T.A.
- General" and the various other "General" folders in addition to more specific
subcategories relating to their interests.

Letters pertaining to various Edison technologies can also be found in
other folders throughout the Document File. For example, the "Patents" folders
contain correspondence to and from Edison's patent attorneys and agents. A
letter concerning the assignment of a particular phonograph patent would be
found in the "Patents" folder rather than a "Phonograph" folder. Other folders
that frequently contain technology-related material include "Edison, T.A. -
Articles," "Exhibitions," and "West Orange Laboratory."

Undated documents pose an especially difficult organizational problem,
since the archival filing system for the Document File requires the attribution
of a year to each item prior to its placement in a subject folder. Undated
documents selected for publication appear within the year attributed by the
archivists, unless there is compelling evidence that the attribution is erroneous.

All documents that received a substantive response from Edison have
been selected, together with other letters that contain significant information

about Edison, his laboratory and business associates, and their activities. In
cases where Edison made the same reply to numerous correspondents, or
where large numbers of similar documents present repetitive information, a
representative sample has been selected for publication. Dockets,
endorsements, and other secretarial markings appearing on the backs of
letters have not been selected, except when they contain important information
not appearing on the document itself. Enclosures and attachments appear after
the items they accompany.

Incoming correspondence and other unbound documents can also be
found in the Company Records Series, Legal Series, and Special Collections
Series.

DOCUMENT FILE SERIES

1899

1899. Edison, T.A. - General (D-99-01)

1899. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-99-02)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's membership
and activities in clubs and professional societies.

1899. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-99-03) [not selected]

This folder contains routine correspondence from or about employees and former or
prospective employees. Most of the items are requests for employment at the West Orange
laboratory. Also included is an enumerated list of laboratory employees.

1899. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-99-04)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning Edison's family.
Included are items regarding the business activities of William Leslie Edison and Thomas A. Edison,

1899. Edison, T.A. - Financial (D-99-05) [not selected]

This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's
personal finances. Included are items pertaining to the purchase and sale of bonds, a statement of
the tax due on the estate of John Kruesi, and routine letters from J.P. Morgan & Co. concerning
payment of the monthly stipend provided by Edison to his daughter, Marion Edison Oeser.

1899. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
General (D-99-06) [not selected]

This folder contains unsolicited letters to Edison regarding personal and business matters.
Included are requests for advice on technical matters and requests for Edison's assistance in
improving or promoting inventions. Other items concern requests for Edison's investment in, or
contribution to, various financial ventures. No record of a significant response by Edison has been
found for any of these items.

1899. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Foreign Language (D-99-07) [not selected]

This folder contains foreign-language letters to Edison that have not been translated into
English. Unsolicited foreign-language documents accompanied by translations or English-language
summaries can be found in the "Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence - General" folder.

1899. Edison, T.A. - Visitors (D-99-08) [not selected]

This folder contains letters of introduction and requests to visit Edison or to tour his West
Orange laboratory. Substantive letters from individuals who visited the laboratory or company shops
on business can be found in the appropriate subject folders.

1899. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-99-09)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the
Edison Manufacturing Co. Included are items pertaining to the use of Edison's signature as a
registered trademark and to the use of phonoplex circuits by Western Union. Also included is a
statement of the company's assets as of March 1, 1899, submitted by William E. Gilmore, general
manager. Other items in the Document File relating to the Edison Manufacturing Co. can be found
in D-99-15 (Motion Pictures).

1899. Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Company (D-99-10)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning the patents possessed
or considered for purchase by the Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Co. relating to the development
of a pneumatic motor. Included is a letter from William L. Saunders of the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill
Co. to Walter S. Mallory of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works evaluating
existing patents. Also included is a statement of company accounts for the period 1899-1904.

1899. Electric Light (D-99-11)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to electric lighting and
power. Included are items attesting to Edison's continued relations with the General Electric Co. and
the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.

1899. Fort Myers (D-99-12)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's home and
property at Fort Myers, Florida. Included are items pertaining to the repair, shingling, and painting
of the house, and an undated memorandum regarding a steamship and railroad freight route to Fort
Myers.

1899. Glenmont (D-99-13) [not selected]

This folder contains documents relating to the furnishing and maintenance of Glenmont,
Edison's home in Llewellyn Park. There are three items for 1899: an agreement with E. H. Harrison
& Bro. of Newark for plumbing work; a memorandum pertaining to the payment of a C.O.D. bill; and
a memorandum regarding coal purchased for the house and outbuildings.

1899. Mining (D-99-14)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mining and ore milling.
Many of the letters were written in response to reports of Edison's interest in developing a separation
process for gold ore. Also selected is a 2-page advertisement explaining Edison's "dry placer
process for the separation of gold from gravel without the use of water," a process experimentally
developed at the West Orange laboratory and tested at the Ortiz Mine in Dolores, New Mexico.

1899. Motion Pictures (D-99-15)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the production and
commercial development of motion picture films. Most of the items concern the Klondike Exposition
Co., which was organized by Edison and Thomas Crahan to make a filming expedition to the Yukon
in order to produce films suitable for display at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Included is

correspondence between Crahan and William E. Gilmore, general manager of the Edison
Manufacturing Co. Related material can be found in D-99-17 (Phonograph - General).

1899. Patents (D-99-1 6)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to foreign and domestic
patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters. Most of the material consists of letters
to Edison from the law firm of Dyer, Edmonds & Dyer pertaining to phonograph patents and patent
infringements.

1899. Phonograph - General (D-99-17)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the commercial and
technical development of phonographs, particularly the business of the National Phonograph Co.
Most of the items are letters to William E. Gilmore, president of the National Phonograph Co., from
Charles E. Stevens, foreign agent for that company. Gilmore and Stevens were organizing
phonograph sales abroad even though the Edison United Phonograph Co. had already been
established to exploit the phonograph outside the United States. Also included are several items
pertaining to the domestic phonograph market as well as an undated memorandum by Edison
discussing financial arrangements to be made with Stevens. Several of Stevens's letters relate to
motion picture as well as phonograph markets. The records of the National Phonograph Co. for the
period 1 900-191 1 were removed from the Document File and organized by ENHS staff as a separate
record group. A finding aid is available. Selected items from this record group can be found in the
Company Records Series.

1899. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works (D-99-1 8)

[not selected]

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the Edison Phonograph
Works. Most of the material for 1899 consists of orders placed with the Works by the Edison United
Phonograph Co., along with checks and routine correspondence associated with such orders.

1899. Phonograph - Edison United Phonograph Company (D-99-1 9)

This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the Edison United
Phonograph Co. and its subsidiaries. Included are items concerning the company's financial
problems, wrangling among its board members, and relations between it, the subsidiary Edison-Bell
Consolidated Phonograph Co., Ltd., and the Edison Phonograph Works. Many of the letters are by
George N. Morison, secretary of the company, and are addressed to Stephen F. Moriarty, vice
president. There is also correspondence by Moriarty and by John E. Searles, president of the Edison
United Phonograph Co. At the end of the folder are two undated communications by Edison to
Josiah C. Reiff denouncing Moriarty as "an extremely dangerous adventurer" who "has been living
on the Co for years."

1899. West Orange Laboratory (D-99-20)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the operation of the
West Orange laboratory. Among the correspondents are Edison, Walter S. Mallory, and John F.
Randolph. Included are letters from insurance carriers, items pertaining to real estate, and several
Edison memoranda regarding materials ordered for the laboratory.

1899. Edison, T.A. - General (D-99-01)

All of the documents have been selected.

THE

YOUNG HEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
OF THE ORANGES.

419 .Main St.

, .Office o! the General Secretary.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Llewellyn Park, Orange, N. J.

January.. 12,.. 189.9...1

Doar Sir:

Mr. Richard Colgate sugges'ts that I remind you that you made to him, some weeks
ago, your pledge of $100 toward the current expenses of the Young Men’s Christian Associa¬
tion of the Oranges, be'ihg"the' same amount you heivo contributed; annually, for several
years past. As our ^Association fiscal year onds January 31st, we are specially desirous
of securing payment of ^1: piW^gpspon .account of the work of 1.898 before the close of the
present month, and would bo under great obligations if we could have your remittance at as
early a date as may be convenient.

Thanking you in,, anticipation; I remain,

[ENCLOSURE]

If entirely agreeable to you,

| it would be a very great accommodatio:^
and much appreciated, if you could send
your check for the $100. which you re¬
cently contributed toward' the running
expenses of the Orange Young Men's
Christian Association early this month.

We have a number of bills to meet by
j ; the 15th, and if your check could ar-
• rive on or before that date, I will ap-
j predate it. I wish to thank you fofc
j the interest which you have always tak-
! en in this work in Orange, and I hope
: that some day I may have the pleasure
of showing you- through the building,

[ENCLOSURE]

and explaining more fully just the
line of work which we are carrying out.

1 am also much interested in the
problems which you have to meet to se¬
cure good workmen for your iron plant,
and if at any time I can be of any
assistance along this line I will be
pleased if you will call upon me.

Yours very truly,

Mr. Thomas A. Edison.

New York, Dec. 3, 1898.

^ r — ' — '

£$. S$iee£

.R. BRECKON & 09,

JANUARY 28th. , ^//? 99]

T. A. Edison Esq,

New York. U.S.A.-

Dear Sir,

Your Electric nun.

This is not much in use- scarcely
at all in this country. The patent has
I suppose expired. it was an excellent
instrument for duplicating documents-
nothing better -has-been produced up to j
this time. The great difficulty was ,
in the battery. In Offices few persons ;
would keep that in good order’.' .Then the]
use of the pen would fail and hostility
to it was raised.

I have been thinking that you may be

able to invent a simple method for
taking electricity. from street wires-

reducing the force of it so as to
suit the working of the pen. This idea
may. have had your consideration- if so
I shall be obliged if you will write
to me to say what may be expected in
that line.

You will no doubt recollect my name
when I mention that I bought your Patent
for the Electric pen.-

Yours faithfully.

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)F TRADE OF THE CITY OF NEWARK,
NEW JERSEY.

ROOMS: 764 BROAD ST.

Newark, N. peb. 80 th, 1899.

Hr. Ehojnaa A. Edison, •

West Orange, N. J.

My dear Hr. Edison: —

I have been appointed by the Newark Board 'of Trade as
chairman of a committee on the "Reclamation of the Newark Mead¬
ows,. "

. ' I enclosed band you points raised by -the State Engi-
c* Verm eta e. Tbe question involved, row is to do away

with tbe malarial influences, from Which we are suffering and: tbe
mosquito pest, and open tbe Newark Meadows at first to a ra-i cul¬
ture and gradually to commerce. 6

. .. be a Sr0at help to -me if some 6f onr leading-

tbei^ our -Board1 of Trade, even if they 6m y allowed
tbeir names to be used, recommending suob improvement.

mile I know that, your -time will' not permit- you to be

c.i amation of tbe meadows, and 1 feel sure that I can make a suc¬
cess of this movement. ‘ raaKe a suo

w_ ‘ I.kn0^ t:bat Wv. are deeply interested in tbe welfare of
Newark, having been connected with it for years.

+ >10 ^ C0n?itt9e °^yMob I am tbe chairman consists of

the following members: Austin McGregor, ’Henry Merz of Heller-85
Mers, George W. Tichenor, ,A. • C. Courterj Colonels E. - L. Price, &

C. C. Vermeule, James A. Coe, R. C. Jenkinson .and Senator Ketch- "

.our SST iwn; STS^d^t^rSn90' Tt if ~

Sb^ t0 att9nd the raeetinS3' bUt that *»» —an advisory63801^

111 oraor"fco .our name connected with this good - -

Thereat ^ ^ bec0me a member- of our Board ojf Trade

pfease olr £° P" * 7011 ^raWy ^ Ss*

. enclosed' card, sign same and then return

OF TRAD? OF THE CITY OF NEWARK,
NEW JERSEY.

ROOMS: 764 BROAD ST.

it to me, in end o add envelope* • .

Thanking you beforehand, I remain, -with my kindest re¬

gards.

Tours sincerely.

Chairman of Committee on Reclamation
of Meadows*.

P. S.-Please return Mr. Vermeule's address to me, as
this is the only copy X have 1 eft.

Dictated.

EHCLO SDRS. ( ADDRESS. )

<Vm

POPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MOTOR CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT j ,

HARTFORD, CONN., U. S. A. 7^' - -

?ln

Hr. Thomas A. Edison

East Orange, H. J

Dour si;

X. Jr

ETTER NO. 431-HKI
Fab. Slot ,1809.

u-o-

/is a result of the interview betwoen you and our an d Hr. /Udon

in the course of which you expressed a dosire
which to experiment with your battery, wo addressed our,
museums and factories parts enough front which

irt of a tricydo with
s to collecting IT on our
with what you want. By
the manufacture of a few new parts we have succeeded in accomplishing this and take
pleasure in sending you by freight prepaid to Efot Orange the result, which please
consider at your disposal for your experiments front which we shall be glad to hear
when you ore ready.

Very t-^speetfuy^r;

Pope

& Co., MOTOR CARRIAGE DEPT-,

"XL *0

Harold p. brown,
electrical engineer,

120 AND 122 LIBERTY STREET, HEW YORK.

the Edison-brown Plastic Rail Bond,

UNDER PATENTS OF THOS.A.EDISOH AND HAROLD P. BROWN.

,-ACTORY. MONTCLAIR. N.J.
cableaddress.'lorah.newyork: ai code used.

March 25th., 1899.

Mi. Thoams A. Edison,

Orange, IT. J.

My Dear Mr. Edison: -

I have your letter of the 18th. inclosing letter and di¬
agram from Mr. V! . H. Talley of Waco, Texas for which accept my
thanks. I have written Mr. Talley fully in regard to the matter.
Very truly

yours.

HPB/fcj

^ POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY.'" "

Office of the Electrical Engineer.

M. oavis, *'..T. New York, March 25th, 1899.

My dear Mr. Edison: -

I have just seen a letter from the Italian Govern¬
ment Officials of tho Telegraph in Italy in v/hich they express a very
great desire to receive an autograph letter from you expressing your
views upon' the scientific and electrical achievements of one of Italy's
honored sons, Volta, to whose memory there is to he a one-hundredth
anniversary of the invention of Volta's pile, in May next in Como.

I also inclose herewith a subscription blank for such an amount as
you feel like contributing towards the wreath that is to be placed on
the base of Volta's statue during the centennial celebration.

Y/ith my very best regards,

[ENCLOSURE]

VOLTA FUND COMMITTEE.

TO THE FRATERNITY ;

Owing ! o the national importance of the Volta Centennial celebration at Como, Italy and of the
large fund that is being raised in the United States I have addressed to three well known gentlemen
the following letter which I trust will meet your approval. These gentlemen have kindly consented to
act as a committee on your behalf.

Very respectfully,

J. B. TALTAVALL.

Mr. Wm. H. Baker, New York, March 13th, 1899.

Mr. Wm. J. Dealy,

Mr. John Brant :

Dear Sirs-A short time ago I was requested by a few leading telegraphers in New York to
lend the services of myself and the “ Telegraph Age” to aid in securinga delegate and in raising funds
to meet h,s expenses to the Exposition at Como, Italy, to be held next May, at which time and place
the one liundreth anniversary of Volta’s great invention of the Chemical Battery is to be celebrated.

The time being too limited to consult the prominent members of the fraternity throughout the
United States, I secured the consent of Mr. Walter O. Burton tb act as the delegate, and Mr. F. W
Jones-consented to act as treasurer of the fund.

The appeal made for subscriptions through the '• Telegraph Age ” is meeting with a very
liberal response, so that there is a cheerful prospect of not only securing an amount sufficient for Mr
Burton’s expenses, but also a very creditable amount in addition to be donated to the Italian authorities
Tor defraying the expense of the magniilcient bronze wrcatli that is to bo attached to Volta’s statue in
tlio name of the telegraphers throughout the world.

m h „ ,rUMs Tn'IT" With Mr- J°neS we are b0th very dcsirous to have you act as a committee
m behalf cf the United States subscriber to the fund, for the purpose of passing upon all questions in
reference thereto, and in framing, and deciding upon, all such arrangements for the guidance of the
delegate as the committee shall deem wise, and also to authorize all proper drafts upon the treasurer,
Mr. Jones and myself will be pleased lender the committee every possible assistance. ” i
An early answer will, oblige.

Yours very truly,

J. B. TALTAVALL.

[ENCLOSURE]

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Amount Forward ' 2G1.50

The Ohonite Co. Ltd. , H.Y. 5.00

E. F. Phillips , Am. Floe. Works,

Providenoo, K.i. 10.00

Clarence w. Seamans, H.Y. 10.00

T. P. Wheeler, St. Louis, Mo. 1.00

Oeo. F. Fagan, H.Y. 1.00

v/m. Marshall, » 2.00

J. F. Shorey, " 2.00

Western Elec. Co., H.Y. 50.00

W. 0. Logue, Orange, H.J. 2.00

F. 0. Halstead, H.Y. .50

W. A. Harris, How Haven, Conn. 2.00

Total

347.00

[ENCLOSURE]

THE

TELEG RAPH AO£,

253 BROADWAY# £ 0 1 1 ^ I

. TALTAVALL, Publisher. 1 ^ ^ ',/rVO N^w

wary 10, . j

Extract from Telegraph Age of January

“ American Telegraphers to Honor Volta.”

Walter o. burton named as the delegate.

foot of MUly. nl'° l;ai8inf f!lm1s t0 P«vcliasa a bronze crown to be placed at the

l t''6 f0t Volta the inventor of what is known as the voltaic pile. The monument of
L omo til1 18 °C <f in, ‘J10 °lty °f Oomo’ Itn’y- "’here the honored physicist was born. It
is proposed to lmve a grand celobration m May, 1800, at Milan and Como, Italy, in honor of the
one hundredth anniversary of Volta’s great discovery. The bronze ciwn is to be paid for y
popular subscriptions of telegraphers of the world. Mr. G. Spreafico, the president of The corA
fund0\nd3esi.atlOn’lJ] l nnf’ rt!lIy’ be eM to have American operators contribute to the

fund, and he desnes a delegate from the United States to be present and participate in an inter-

statue of vXMwlT f;JGCt t°f W],Idl T’iU be tlle <leP®Hing of the bronze crown at the foot of the
statue on olta, which lus native town has erected to the celebrated inventor. The movemeut is

BiSSn eS”1,h AdmiUiStl'ati0U 118 WeU 03 hy th° teleeml>b departments of other

with trnmfnnnT™?111 ‘h™0 .m0Ilths’ tl“e in which fc° make all preparations, and after consultation
no iminate the de' P?TT T V0 tole^afel's> }* was concluded that the editor of Telegraph Age
wTth^ iv take V tho?°lnoI"te““t>onal Telegraph Congress, and in compliance there-
o^the Western Tnt 1 nT W‘alte1' °' chief operator of the race bureau,

of the Western Union Telegraph Company, at 195 Broadway, New York. Mr. Burton is a
thoroughly representative and expert American telegrapher, and without a doubt one of the best
if not tliG leading oi’atoi% in tlio nrofp^sinn lt,, , >

tingly represent the American telegraph profession. ^ emen quallfied to fifc'

somo^on'o^i^oarO^nTT^TT to 1)0 raisetl by popular subscription, and we sincerely hope

some one in each of the telegraph offices throughout the country will at once assume the responsi¬
bility of raising the necessary funds. Five hundred dollars will be required to defray Mr Bur¬
ton s expenses, and to make a liberal donation to the fund to -purchase the hr c o ill

contributions will be acknowledged through these columns. It is desired to ha e many con

tributes ns .possible in order that the fund may be a representative one 7

York has JdndlvL' the folef'ical enSinee1' of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, New

S i r 7 f ;r e T act ”3 treasurer of tbe to defray the expenses of the Amm-ican
delegate. Remittances may be made to Mr. F. W. Jones, 253 Broadway, New York ”

To F. W. JONES, Esq.,

253 Broadway. Ne\
I herewith hand you $ _

ts my contribution to the fund to defray

the expenses of a delegate to the Oomo, Italy, International Telegraph Congress.
Yours very truly, ■

PILLING & CRANE,

March 27th. 1899.

Thomas A. Edison., Esq., (Lab orator/) j \

Orange, N. J. ' jrf

Dear sir: * (jj*'

The Standard Connell sv ills Coke Company has sent yon a
box of ooal which is marked .0099. This is coal from a section of
country surrounding the Connellsville district, and which is
comparatively worthless on account of its high sulphur, which
renders the coke objectionable. It is said that if any means
can be devised of separating the sulphur from this coal, it would
make the lands worth 5300., to $1000., per acre, and it is now '
selling anywhere from $10.00 to $50,00 per acre. ITe could
realize for you an enormous profit, if the coal can be made
comparatively pure.

Yours very truly,

fat- #-r^ .^r-ts—

'ht* 3 ' <j? ?Z<C££crix>

[ENCLOSURE]

My dear Mr. Edison:-

I send by express, prepaid, a couple of boxes of soap.
One is made from tallow and the other from cotton seed oil. You will
notice that that made from cotton seed oil is very soft as compared with
the other. By addins silicate or soda the cotton seed oil is very much
hardened, but even then it does not become hard enough for our use. If.,
in your experiments, you should stumble across anything which would harden
this soap more than either of the above ingredients do, it would be of
value to us. With tallow, more rosin can be used in soap than with cotton
seed oil, on account of the stronger body of tallow. It would not be of
advantage to add anything to the cotton seed oil which in itself would
detract in any marked degree from the lathering properties of the soap.

If there are any further particulars which you might desire to know in re¬
gard to this, I will be happy to give whatever information you may desire.

Another problem which we have not yet been able to solve, is the
bleaching of cotton seed oil foots, or what is known commonly as cotton
seed soap stock. It contains from 50 to 75/if of fatty acid, turns black
when exposed to the air, and when made into soap, it is dark brown in
color. What we want to do is in some way to bleach this up to a bright
yellow, Fuller's earth does this to a certain extent, but does not carry
the process far enough. I can send you samples of this, should you de¬
sire them. In clarifying cotton see^c oil, which is treated with caustic
lye, these fats settle to the bottom in the form of a semi-saponified

[ENCLOSURE]

Stock, and therefore contain all the colorins matter- and sediment found
in cotton seed oil. There are many problems in soap making which have as
yet remined unsolved, but to these two, just at present, we are givinS
the greatest attention.

X hope that in carrying on your other- experiments ;
possibly be able to throw an "X Ray'” on these two problems.

Yours very truly,

'OticL yuMf

Mr. Thomas A. Edison.

ANS. SEP >309

vc/sco,... August . 13.il},, . 1899.,..

,UkB*C- £XMt.

Thomas E. Edison Esq

Dear Sir:-,

We observe that you are Interesting ..yourself in the
manufacture of artificial fuel, and we take the liberty of saying that
a Client of ours, recently deceased, was the patentee of a process whioh
may possibly be useful to you, or interest you'

The patentee was himself a man;of much inventive genius; but was
lacking in business qualities and failejfr’to turn his inventions to good
pecuniary account. \ /

His widow and legal representative, is desirous of realizing on his
patents and has requested ns to submit this to you.

We inclose a copy of^eoifiwtionsr3KTare informed that the geyser-
ite^, which is the preferred binderyCan be had in unlimited quantities.

We should be glad to repeiyve any offer or suggestion from you.

)

Respectfully yours.

Qt/tmw/ Srf. >

vieytwf/ .

'/S// ■t3$r fifty/? vr/y*-.

New York, October 21st, 1899.

THOMAS A. EDISON, Esq:

Orange, New Jersey.
Near sir.

A suggestion that the Americans who have enjoyed the splendid
hospitality of Sir Thomas J.Lipton on the ERIN during the International
Yacht Races should present to him a Loving Cup, in remembrance, has met
w'ith prompt and cordial approval. It is believed that all of us whose
names and addresses can be ascertained will be glad to participate.

Any action must of necessity be informal and quickly taken. The un¬
dersigned have consented to serve as your committee They have sub¬
scribed ten dollars each and are ready to increase this whatever is nec¬
essary. If you think best to contribute, kindly enclose any remittance
you see fit to the order of Edward A. Sumner, as treasurer, 141 Broad¬
way, New York. And please send the names and addresses of any other
Americans you know were fellow guests with us. A partial list has
been secured, but it is wished that every one be reached and be sent a
notice of when and where we can secure Sir Thomas and surprise him with
the Cup.

Very sincerely yours,

Hon. Levi P. Morton,

Hon. Richard Croker,

Hon .Ferdinand W.Peck,

Hon. Frederick Fehfib^d,

Sontt Watson,

Edward A. Sumner,

Col. W .6 .H .Washington,
Charles Farley Winch.

[ENCLOSURE]

This CUP is from the American cuests on the
ERIN. It has no connection with any other

presentation.

My’ dear Mr. Edison:"'

-ju, For a number of years past .

•••; you have very generously contributed/^^
§100. toward the expenses'^ the Orange^1

||f' yotmg^Jien"1 s'1 Christian Association, and
§ ask if you cannot kindly renew1 your
^'T.'suDscTi^ibn""for^{7IT“year'’and place
your name in the subscription book
which x enclose? Our Association to¬
day has a membership of about nine
hundred, among which are a number of
your employes, and was never doing as
good a work as at present. Our educa¬
tional classes in the evening number
about one hundred and fifty. I had

hoped to be able to see you In person
but have been unable to find you in, al¬
though calling several times, so I
trust that you will excuse my writing
you. Will you kindly return to me the
enclosed subscription book, as it is
the only one which I have and is of
great value to me. We have just re-
— - — caived a subscription of $100. each
from Mr. Colby and his brother of the
Park, and they will add their names to
I those already in this book.

Thanking you for the interest and
| the support which you have always given
to this enterprise, believe me,
j Yours very truly, i

I Mr. Thomas Edison.

New York, November 17, 1899.

Please accept my thanks for your kind donation of

§100. toward the expenses of the Young Hen's Christian Association of the • ‘A
Oranges. It is only by receiving such contributions that we are enabled A. A.
to place the many advantages which we before the young men* and I V'
felt that in asking this of you, it was for an object which is really
doing as much good for the morals and the uplifting of the Orange young
men as any other institution or society among us. If entirely convenient, \
it would be an accommodation if we could receive your check before the
10th of next month.

I saw your automobile in the Park yesterday, and I an going to
ask the privilege of taking a ride in it some day, as I think seriously
of securing some sort of a locomotor for my own use, and would like the
benefit of your experience. Knowing your excessive fondness for horses,
I can appreciate how much you must enjoy this new vehicle/

Again thanking you for your kindness, believe me, as ever,

f £. . W

Ber^mann- Elektromotoren- und Dynamo - Werke

Aktiengesellschaft.

Giro-Conto : Reichsbitnk.

Telegramm-Adresse: FnJgura Berlin

Femsprtch'AMchltiise:

Amt II, No. 2652 mid 2600.

A.B.C. Code Used.

.1363

T h o s * A, Edison, Esq,

BERLIN N, . I)ec.am.b.er....l8,. . j8'q

Oudcnarder Strasse 23)30 ^

Llevellyn Park
Orange N.J.

My dear Edison,

For some time passed It was my intention of writing
to you, and now, as the year is drawing to a close, I come to realise
this good intention, as I am anxious to know, how you are getting
along,

I had planned to come over to the States last Fall, hut busi¬
ness developments have taken such a turn, that it was to my interest
to postpone the intended trip.

The motor and dynamo business, I am happy to say, is develo¬
ping nicely in Germany, and there is a good prospect for prosperity
in that line for some years to come.

I am building at present a large construction hall, connected
with our present dynamo and motor Works, for building large type dy- .
n amos .

The catalogues which I am sanding you under separate cover,

Bergmann -Elektromotoren- und Dynamo -Werke Aktiengesellschaft.

2 ( Thos. A. Edison, Esq . )

will prove to you that I have not been idie, and X may say It myself,
that I have been working pretty hard during my stay hare, hut I am
glad to state, with much success .

As we have no such undertow competition here as you and I have
often experienced , while in business together, things here lie in more
pleasant ways and all around, I am very satisfied, that X have trans¬
ferred the greater part of my labour to this side of the Ocean.

How, my dear Edison, how are you getting along ? I hope, you
have soon reached the point, that you have only pleasant things to
report .

Please write me a few lines and let me know whether there is
anything I may be able to do for you in a business way or otherwise,
as you know, it gives me great pleasure to be at your service.

Are you still intending to come out to Europe for a visit
next summer with your family, as you suggested, you would do ? Myself
and all you- friends here would take good care of you and your family.

X would look forward to your and your family’s visit as to a great ho¬
liday.

Last summer we called at Dresden, and Mrs. Bergmann and my
daughters have visited your daughter, Mrs. Oeser ; X much regretted :of

/ . . . “ . ■ . .

Bergmann -Elektromotoren- und Dynamo- Werke Aktiengesellschaft.

3 ( Thos. A. Edison, Esq. )

not being able to call myself, as Mrs. Oeser was confined to bad by
sickness at the time.

T know you are still working hard on your big scheme, and it
would interest me to learn, if you are also worktng on something new,
which I could perhaps handle for you here in Germany, having good fi¬
nancial connections and would well be able to introduce anything new
and good.

■ Your patent applications con the Ore Milling System in Germany
are making slow but good progress . Perhaps you know from personal ex¬
perience, that the German Patent Office is like the "Mills of the
Gods". They grind slowly but exceedingly fine.

I hope to receive news from you at an early date and wishing
you, Mrs. Edison and your family a very happy, prosperous New Year,

I remain

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k §? m&w' ^s-j* ■’j

\\\i^ ij^.\\TO\W- MvW'X‘V’

- nac.emhjar_22nd., •

Mr. Thomas A. Sell son,

Orange j !T. J.
My dear Sir:-

are exceedingly obliged for youf favor of the p.lst,
current and the subject to which you refer Its shall have our very best
attention.

Again thojikiijg yon for balling our attention to this matter,

1899. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-99-02)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's membership and activities in clubs and professional societies.

All of the documents have been selected.

West Orange, N. J*

My dear Mr. Edison: — • . •

I am in receipt of your esteemed favor of yesterday, return¬
ing Mr* Venneul e* s addressi also' enclosing 70 nr signature for memberw
sMp of the Board of Trade, and' oheok in payment of annual sub¬
scription fee— $10.00, 'which I /have handed over to the Treasurer*

My thanks to yon. /

• I -would very much like you to be present at our -next Board
meeting! which will be held about the middle of the month, and I want
to have the pleasure of escorting you, as a new member.

With my kindest regards to you> I remain'.

Tours truly.

Dlotatec

Electrical World and Electrical Engineer

9 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK.

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OFFICE OF THE

Emm ^efern ^n*on Telegraph Company,

Manager,

Mr. Thos. A. Edison,

Orange, :

Dear Sir:—

+>,« t2 “7 letter stating that we/ had reserved

the.plaoe of honor for you at the meeting of the Old Time Tnlrtt*-

you will find it convenient and agreeable to attend,
f.orgi

WOUll

Yours truly

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i824 1899

Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
Franklin Institute

of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of
the Mechanic Arts

October 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, at

in the Convention Hnll of the

National Export Exposition

Philadelphia

8 o’clock

the Officers

anal Export

ident of the
‘The Prog-

*. Henry
;raphy and

Wednesday, October 4th, 8 p. m.
Mining and Metallurgical Section

Mr. James Christie, Philadelphia, Pa., President of the
Section. "Introductory Address."

Mr. Chas. Kirchhoff, New York. " Three-quarters of a
Century's Progress in Mining and Metallurgy.”

Mr. John Fritz, Bethlehem, Pa. “The Development of
Iron Manufacture during the past Seventy-five Years.

Finale : — Stereopticon Illustrations

Thursday, October 5th, 8 p.

„av Export Bx

PHILADELPHIA, PA. lfOfj

oA^dmitA

m October iad' to ^th, 1899.
ACCOUNT SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FOUNDING OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE

75th Anniversary Franklin Institute

lunch Garb

Saturday, October 7th, 10 P. M.

[ON BACK OF PRECEDING PAGE]

E. .1871.

Not Transferable.

This Complimentary Card is good for admis¬
sion at any Pass Gate.

The' holder will please deposit his personal card
with gatekeeper as a 'basis- of statistics.

This Card must be shown for each admittance.

VOID UNLESS SIGNED BY

1899. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-99-04)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
Edison's family. Included are items regarding the business activities of
William Leslie Edison and Thomas A. Edison, Jr.

All of the documents have been selected.

[ATTACHMENT]

PHILIP POND, 2d,

Hr. Thomas A. Edison,

jfcw 3%rr vet/, *~/oom

I have a claim against William L. Edison in favor of 0. B. Rice
for twenty hours tutoring in Physios amounting to §50.00
The daites are as follows:

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February 1, a » , S \f\ W

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March 3, 3

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Kindly remit the same to my order at onoe aM thu\ oloseupVhe

DMtated.

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[FROM F. D. PALMER]

TA£> S&wiiltj - j77

THOS. A. EDISON, Jli., Pit ns. WM. HOLZER, Vice- Pit kh. P. D. PALMER, Sue. AND Tubas.

The Thomas a. Edison Jr. and Wm, Holzer
Steel and iron Process Company,

room 401. 35 and 37 Nassau Street,

new York, _ .Maroh...l4th, . 1899.

THOMAS A. EDISON ESQ.,

Orange, N. J.

Dear sirs —

Prefatorily, let me state this letter is written chiefly
because of the interest I feel in your son, Thomas A. Edison, Jr. As the
above heading will show, I am connected with him in his new process for
treating steel and iron. The process is a secret one, and is now only
known to your son. I have been informed and understand that you are con¬
versant with the process, and I now desire to ask you the direct quest¬
ion, : TBhat is your personal opinion of the practicability of the process
as to whether it will toughen steel aB claimed for it by the inventor ?

I truBt you will pardon this obtrusion on account of it really being in
the interest of your son, and that you will kindly favor me with an early
reply.

I enclose you a copy of the test made by the Bethlehem Iron Co.
on pieces of steel already treated by your son’s process.

Very truly yours,

Enc/.

/ "W. L. EDISON. L, KAISSR, M’o’i?

/^Pftonosrapbs, Records © Supplies,

IT AN MOTORS OF AI/O IONDS,

45 EAST 59th STREET.

c/ifew- - JUNE. 27th.. . 1899. . /

My dear John:

Do me the favor by sending my check immediatlyas I
leave for Chautauqua N.Y. on Saturday the 1st.

Thanking you in advance I remain

Very1 truly yours

WLE>; CX/vVfc <rv^

t: -WA*.

P.S. . . •

The enclosed bill is oorroct. • /

- G. M, ROGERS

ADDRESS ATjTj COMMUNIdATIONS TO

EDISON-ROGERS CO.

45 East 59th Street.

-XliUJCSaa. _

Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, h.j.

Dear Father:

Rogers and myaelf will toe over to see $fou on
the 21 at of this month in regards to the manufacturing of our machines.
Enclosed, find a catalogue i recently got up and trust you win read it
in your leasure hours.

I have a groat many things to talk to you about ,oonseming your talk on
Friday last with Rogers and can sot myself right ia many things.

your devoted son.

? ®v\v»SL<_.
SON - La.

131 Liberty Street.
Cable AtWreit, "EDIRO” N. Y.

W-vJ^SL

[ENCLOSURE]

•■•THE-;/

EDIS0N= ROGERS
COMPANY.
EXHIBITION ROOMS

45 East;59 tin !St. V/'

V - FACTORY^ V '

■ 131- Liberty Street. ~

W. L. EDISON. 'New York: r
G. M.;ROQERS. New York. ,'

[ENCLOSURE]

THE

EDISON=ROGEJRS
COMPANY.
EXHIBITION ROOMS

45 East 59tli St.

FACTORY,

131 Liberty Street.

W. L. EDISON. New York.
G. M. ROGERS. New York.
C. M. ROSE, n’e’r.

[ENCLOSURE]

M9/E are manufacturing and putting on
VV the market an automatic picture
machine called the PiioToscopk which is
the only absolutely perfect automatic mov¬
ing picture machine ever manufactured.

This machine surpasses all other inven¬
tions of a similar nature made for thenuiuse-
ment of the general public.

This machine is provided with a push
button and by pressing same, the machine is
lighted up by electricity and one exquisite
and beautifully illuminated picture is shown

nickel, a couccnlcd music box plays delight¬
ful music during the operation of the nta-

This is positively the only picture ma¬
chine which combines music and pictures.

SOME FACTS REGARDING MACHINE,
i. Case of polished Oak.

а. Mounted on an Oak and Iron stand.

3. Money Drawer lias special lock.

4. Lighted by street current or battery.

5. Hasan automatic recorder for each nickel

б. Automatic springs, etc.

7. Size— 22" high -17" by 17" base.

Now let us see what ndvnntngc you re¬
ceive by purchasing these machines.

Each machine iu a good location would
take in from $1.00 to $3.00 a day, now sup-
pose it took in only 50 c. a day that will be
$15.00 a month or $180.00 a year. A slip
showing this table for machines from .one to
one hundred machines mailed on application

his place with " warm ’’ views can pay his

Remember that these machines work
while you sleep and while you are resting 011
Sunday, they are working overtime and pil¬
ing up double receipts.

These machines enn be made to operate
both by nickel and penny coins, and packed
and delivered to you F.O.B., New York City
railway station. .... $S5.oo

The beautiful colored and opalescent
views are made in France, and can. only lie
ordered through us. They appear absolutely
lifelike and perfectly stereoscopic in defuii-

[ENCLOSURE]

I he machines tee have put out lmvc
earned for their fortunate owners from five
to fifty dollars per week clear profit for each
machine , often paying for themselves com¬
pletely within a week or ten days of pur¬
chase, During the course of a year the

themselves four or five times over.

Naturally the individuals owning and
running these machines are not telling much
of this to the public, for fear of competition
in their own fields, as the business is so eas¬
ily handled by auy one of ordinary intelli¬
gence and small capital, say $200 to $2,000.
Our machines arc patented.

[ENCLOSURE]

£■ fcn^ - fe~A
CASE AND LUDLOW,

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newyork, Dec. 6, 1899.

Thomas A. Edison, Esc).,

Edison Labratory,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

I find upon negotiating sale to Mr. .Henry Hallenbeok of

Montclair of a certain mortgage given by you/in 1895 to your son

William L. Edison for $4500.00 upon certaiiy property located in

the Townships of Bloomfield and Bellevill§/, same being due April

1st, 1899, that there was no bond given J&id the purchaser stands

upon this fact in declaring the purchases off. In a conference

with Mr. Otiis of Ot.iis & Pressenger, £ll Broadway, who made out

this mortgage together with a similar^ one to Thomas A. Edison, Jr.,

he states that he did .not^ consider- the bond essential, i

the property is ample security for yfeum stated in the mortgage.

However, in as much as the purchaser takes the position that he

does, I have taken the liberty off laying the matter before you and

request that you give us a collateral bond now, so that the pur-

cljaser cannot be released froW'his written acceptance. Of course

■it is a mere matter of fornyas far as you are concerned, though of

inesteemable valud^toumy^cTrient .

If this is .agreeable to you, I will prepare bond and

submit the same together with the mortgage for your consideration
and acknowledgement.

Vervtruly

1899. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-99-09)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Included are items pertaining to the
use of Edison's signature as a registered trademark and to the use of
phonoplex circuits by Western Union. Also included is a statement of the
company's assets as of March 1, 1899, submitted by William E. Gilmore,
general manager.

More than 90 percent of the documents have been selected. The items
not selected consist of requests for information regarding phonoplex circuits
and documents that duplicate information in selected material.

Other items in the Document File relating to the Edison Manufacturing
Co. can be found in D-99-15 (Motion Pictures).

191]

PLEASE BRING T

TIOX Ol> ASSESSMENT:
iturduy, then. JO A. M. to 12 ft

3 NOTICE WITH YOU.

™ l)«nel)t only of tho parly aaa

. ^2?. .

. . wfc • /V*3 ? /brryztj

Newark, II. J.

Dear Sirs:

I bog to submit herewith statement of this Company as of
March 1st, and desire to say In connection therewith that this is not
an incorporated Company, being owned absolutely by Mr. Thomas A. Edison.

Merchandise-, finished and unfinished,
Cash and Accounts Receivable,

Buildings and Machinery, Tools, Furni¬
ture and Fixtures, etc.,

Total, .

Liabilities,

Merchandise, current accounts,
Net,

§ 37,040.84
39,061.42

30,070,33

112,979.99

20,240.13
$ 04,739.86.

Yours very truly.

ma/iw

General Manager,

{WESTERN, -UNION (TELEGRAPH COL
Western .^DiyisioN.,

" Chicago,- August 18 •

..Tho8;- A: Editor.,- f5s.q . , •

I return herewith your b i l l of July 1 &'"* 1899’;- ■’'amount

$112.50, royalty on phonopli

rcuits, Cincinnati to Columbus,

Cincinnati to Lexington and. Cincinnati to Springfield, January 1,
1899, to July 1, 1899. 1 also attach thereto correspondence

passing between Superintendent Miller, Cincinnati, and this office.
In this connection 1 beg to call your attention to my letter to
you June 27th. reporting discontinuance of phonoplex circuit be-,
tween Cincinnati and Columbus at the close of the year 1898. As
soon as our wire facilities between Cincinnati and Columbus ax'd,
between Cincinnati and Springfield again become inadequate, we
will resume operation of the phonoplex between those points and
you will be promptly notified.

Under the circumstances, wil 1 you kindly eliminate from
the attached bi/13, the li rst and third items and return corrected

h i l l to me ,j^and\he same will have our prompt attent:

j// V v“rjr83paotm?-

[ENCLOSURE]

Western Union Telegraph Company, ™6s'

J. 0. Barclay, Esq.,

Electrician, Chicago, m

Dear Sir:

0inoinna.tl,_...0...»...July...21s.t/99- _ 189

Attached see bill from Thos. A. Edison for royalty on phono-
Plex. We. have ,riot used the- phbnoplex sets between’ Cincinnati and Ortlur*-
. bhs , or. between1 'Cincinnati and Springfield tike year. The Lexington set
lam U06 every day. "Shkll we Pay the bin; under above circumstances.

(ThiliiKy

[ENCLOSURE]

I. N. Miller, July 21st., 1899/

Forwards bill from Thos.. A. Edison for royalty on phonoplex
circuits Cincinnati, 0. , to Columbus, 0., Cincinnati to Lexington
and Cincinnati to Springfield. States we have. not used the
phonoplex sets between Cincinnati and Columbus or between Cincin¬
nati and Springfield this year.

Rospectfully returned to

I. N. Miller,

Esq., Sup e r in t ai dent.

I fail to find any notice from you that the Columbus-
Springfield phonoplex circuit was discontinued January 1st. ,0n
what date were we notified? ! The notice that you had discontinued
the use of the use of the Columbus- Cincinnati circuit Jan- 1st.. '
was not received until a short time ago - too late to notify the -
Edison people before sending out tteir semi-anmal statement.

Please advise me promptly when you discontinue the use of any,
of the - phoriopl ex circuits so 1 can keep our accounts straight with'
the Edison people. • Pl9ase return these papers and 1 will take:.

' up" the question of royalty on the two discontinued circuits.

Chicago, July. 27th., 1899.

[ENCLOSURE]

J, C. Barclayy Electrician, Chicago i’ll. Jul. 27th
Correspondence in. regard to paying royalty on phonoplex -instruments
between Cincinnati and Columbus 0. and betweem Cincinnati and Springe-
field 0. : •

Respectfully returned to J. C. Barclay, Electrician, Chicago Ill.

I believe the understanding was when these Instruments were supplied,
ifhey were to be used when we were short of wires between Cincinnati
totfk Columbus. At that time we had so many leased wires that there
^W'.iLOt enough available for our own business, but for the past
si# fikthths we have had plenty of wires and there was no occasion
to i* tiding the phonoplex. Neither Mb. Ti.lghman nor myself romembof
jfflUt «f<ySfdSpondence which required thbt -Wldl Bhauld, .nidlte a
’thfr fnstJfeaments. w.ore;.not-in-:us<J. W ara liftbifr to W

%houi4. ws^rdn short 'of wires.

Hand me a check of the Edison Mfg. do. for $1310.00, in payment
as per this letter attached. Proper bill for this will come from
D. 28. & D. in a day or tvro.

12/20/99.

Enc-L

V. E. G.

[ENCLOSURE]

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National Phonograph Co
Orange,

N.J.

December 18, 1899.

fftF.CF.IVED]

• DF.C.-liH899 I

Lstil

Wo beg to acknowledge receipt Of your letters of the
16th and 16th insts. returning to us the executed application
papers for registration of trademark in the name of Mr. Edison
in the several countries mentioned by you.

We beg to enclose a statement of account covering the
cost of these trademarks amounting to §1310, being our original
estimate of §1260, to which we have added the cost of a trade¬
mark in British India. If convenient, please send us a check
for this amount, since a very large part of it requires to be
immediately disbursed by us.

We will proceed with the filing of the applications for
the several trademark registrations immediately.

Yours very truly,

(P.L.D.)

(Enclosure)

[ENCLOSURE]

Messrs. Dyer, Edmonds

Dear Sira;

r.> Dyer,

fit. ,

Hew york.

V/e duly received your favors of Dec. 18th, and note that, sam
are addressed to the national Phonograph Co. Inasmuch as this trade¬
mark will always remain the property of Mr. Edison personally, lie de¬
sires that all correspondence, payments, etc., be made by us. I
enclose you herewith check to your order for §1310.00, to cover all of
this work, as requested. In the meantime, I return your invoice, made
out against the national phonograph Co., and would ask that you canool
same and send me a new invoice in the name of this concern.

I will have gotten out for you 38 small metal plates, such as you
require, showing the trademark, made up in the manner indicated, and
send them to you at the quickest possible moment. Does the fact that
the papers were signed by Mr. Edison as "Thomas Alva Edison", whereas
the plates, and in fact, the trademark itself, is made "Thomas A. Edison"
make any difference?

Yours very truly.

tfSS/lW

General Manager,

1899. Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Company (D-99-10)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
the patents possessed or considered for purchase by the Edison-Saunders
Compressed Air Co. relating to the development of a pneumatic motor.
Included is a letter from William L. Saunders of the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill
Co. to Walter S. Mallory of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating
Works evaluating existing patents. Also included is a statement of company
accounts for the period 1899-1904.

All of the documents have been selected except for one routine report
of patent claims.

AIR COMPRESSORS; ROCK DRILLS.

COAL CUTTERS. STONE CHANNELING MACHINES.

GADDERS. QUARRY BARS. BLASTING APPARATUS.

BOILERS. HOISTS.

K»^TCNTS HavemeyerBu/ld/ng26Cortlandt$t.

ST.SANFRANaSCO.CAL.

wi»SmEET.DENVER£OU>.

A~andWacouta Sts. ST. PAULMINN.
308 First Avt-SountSEATTLE, WASH,

. Cable Address:

/mmHmNevrYbmr 'E/mu London'

My dear Sir: -

I find that I have neglected to return the enclos¬
ed letter from Mr. Dyer to Mr. Edison. Generally
spoalcing I agroo with fir. Dyer in his reference to the
Parke Patents, but I must differ 'with him on some
points, for instance ho says in reference to the first
Parke Patent:' "The circulation through or around the
combustible is effected solely by the incroaso in tem¬
perature produced by the combustion, which must be very
slight indeed when a solid combustible is used". This
circulation, in my judgment , is likely to be sufficient
and the increase in temperature is likely to be con¬
siderable. I quite agree, with Mr. Dyer in that all
the claims of the first Parke Patent are limited to the
reservoir, and while this device will probably work yet
in my judgment it is inferior in every respect to Mr.
Edison's idea and in no way interferes with it.

The second Parke Patent seems to me to be more
valuable than the first. I do not think that the in¬
tention is to pass all the compressed air through the
c ombus t i on chamber, but only so- much of it as may be
nocessary to maintain a desired temperaUire . I cannot
agree with Mr. Dyer when he say6 that the device would
not be/ operative . As a'mattor of fact it has worked.
Mr. Dyer: gives as a reason that :" The solid combus¬
tible' material on the grate would produce such a drop
in pressure as to cause, etc". I do not know what he
means by drop in pressure as there would in my judgment
be no drop in pressure due to the'. passage of\air over,
the coals . \

I quite agree with Mr. Dyer in his comparaison between this Parke
Patent and Mr. Edison’s idea. It is better to take a fraction of
the compressed air and pass it through the fire as Mr. Edison does.

On general principles I vrould like to see the Parke Patents
owned by the Kdison-Sannders Company, not that they are of any
special value, as I think we have the most valuable Patents, but
as the Parke Patents have never done anybody any good, perhaps they
‘may bo bourdit cheap.

Yours truly.

[ENCLOSURE]

Dear Sir:-

We have received your notes in reference to the
patents relating to the reheating, of compressed air. These
patents do not, in our opinion, materially affect the situa¬
tion.

It is true that in both patents to Parke, No. 481,623
and 613,053, solid fuel, such as charcoal, is referred to,
but this is about as far as the patentB go. In the first of
the Parka patents, is employed

"a distinct and separate reservoir or chamber interposed
between the source of the compressed air supply and the
motor, having connected therewith a separate combustion
chamber, in which the combustion occurs continuously, be¬
ing supported by the oxygen contained in the compressed
air, which is kept in circulation wholly or in part by
the process ' of combustion" (p. 2, lines 86 to 96).

With this device, the circulation through or around the combust¬
ible is effected solely by the increase in temperature produced
by .the oombustlon, which must be very slight indeed when a
solid combustible is used. Furthermore, any differences in
the consumption of the compressed air translating devices will
have no bearing whatever upon the heating effect. All the
claims of the first Parke patent are limited to the reservoir

In the second Parke patent, a Bolid combustible is con¬
sumed in a combustion chamber. We agree with you that the
intention seems to bo to normally pass all the compressed air
through the combustion chamber. We do not believe the device
would be operative, since the solid combustible material on the
grate would produce such a drop in pressure as to cause the
cold air to elevate the controlling valve and pass directly to
the translating devioe. Furthermore, this drop in pressure
would depend absolutely upon the amount of fuel in the combus¬
tion chamber, so that the operation of the device would depend
entirely upon the quantity of the combustible. We would say
that the most that can be said of the second Parke patent is
that he has reversed your idea, and passes the bulk of the
air through the combustion chamber, effecting regulation by
cooling off the air by the admission of cold air through the
by-pass, while with your system', the maintenance of temperature
is effected by regulating the small amount of intensely heated
air in the by-pass. In other words, with the Parke patent,
the combustion chamber is in the main line pipe, while with
your system the combustion chamber is in the by-pass.

[ENCLOSURE]

(T. A. 13. , 3)

In the Judson patent, oil or gas is burned in a combus¬
tion chamber adapted to be connected in the pipe line. We
think it clear from tho patent that Judson intended either to
pass all the air through the combustion chamber or to pass all
the air around the combustion ohamber. For instance, he says
that the two valves are "adapted to throw the air through the
re-heating ohamber, or pass it out of contact with the burner
at will" (p. 1, lines 62 et seq.). In describing the oper¬
ation, he makes no reference to a sub-division of the air. He
says:-

"In case it is desired to examine the burner, the
air may be temporarily conducted to the motor-section
through pass-pipe D" (page 1, lines 90; et sag, ) .

From this, we think it clear that the only purpose of the pass-
pipe in the Judson device was to enable the combustion chamber
to be cut off when desired. In all essential respects, there¬
fore, the Judson apparatus seems to be about the same as the
apparatus of the Saunders patent, which wo have before consid¬
ered.

Our views on the question are as follows:-

1. It is new to employ a by-pass, through which
will be conveyed a small portion of the compressed air to be
directly heated.

2. It is new to provide a substantially uniform drop
in pressure in a by-pass, to cause air to be forced through
the same in a quantity dependent upon the consumption of the
translating devices, whereby automatic regulation will be se-

[ENCLOSURE]

(T1. A. B., 4)

cured.

— is n0w, of course, to utilize all the heat by
directing the large part of the air around the reheater, where
by heating will be effected by radiation and convection.

We will take up the application immediately and make
whatever amendments seem to us to be necessary in view of thos
references.

Yours very truly.

(F.L.D.)

at* 'factor TiiUtig & oerfrif lcate of thla kiftfct is #B*.
Qofora retarding fhff paper, ^cfitaiy affix a 10^ XnterniO Revenue

8tam>» ae r«j|liiracl by koi of pongrpsa,

ibtJv

THE MOTT PATTERN SHOP,

DESIGNING, MECHANICAL DRAWING, MODELS,

M. A. SCOTT, Proprietor. C. C. scott, Manager.

TELEPHONE8i^f^VJ.%4. -5 R. REPLACE, NEWARK, N. J. -

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V/,,,/?/, >,■/?. December 16, 1899.

W. S. Uallory, Esq.,

Sec’y Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Co.,

Orange, N..T.

Dear Sir,-

We enclose herewith the following assignments:
William 1. Saunders to E.S.C.A.Co. of his half in¬
terest in U.S . patent 486,411.

Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co. to E.S.C.A. Co. of its
half interest in same patent.

Thomas A. Edison to E.S.C.A.Co. of his application
Serial No. 706,976 filed February 27, 1899.

These assignments have been duly recorded in the
Patent Office. Kindly acknowledge receipt, and oblige,
Yours truly, - r

(W.P.)

(Enclosures)

[ENCLOSURE]

WHEREAS, I, WILLIAM L. SAUNDERS , of New York City,
Rnjthe County and state of New York, am the owner of an un-
jjivid0d ona"half interest in and to Letters Patent of the
£ Fnited Statfls No‘ 486,411, granted November 15th, 1892, upon
|an invention relating to a Method of Increasing the Effi¬
ciency of Motor Fluids; and

WHEREAS, EDISON-SAUNDERS COMPRESSED AIR COMPANY, a
II corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New Jersey and having its principal place of busi¬
ness at West Orange in the County of Essex in said State,

!/ is desirous of acquiring all my rieht, title and interest
in and to the said Letters Patent and the invention covered
thereby;

NOW, THEREFORE, to all whom it may concern, be it
i that, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dol¬
lar, to me in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby ack¬
nowledged, and other valuable considerations, I, the said
William. L. Saunders, have sold, assigned and transferred,
knd by these presents do sell, assign and transfer, unto
fche said Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Company, its succes¬
sors and assigns, all my right, title and interest in and
J/T° the aferesaid otters Patent and the invention covered
thereby; the same to be held and enjoyed by the said Edison
jSaunders Compressed Air Company, its successors and assigns
| th6 ful1 and of tha te™ for which said Letters Patent
> .or may be granted, as fully and entirely as t>he same
would . have been held by me had this assignment and sale not
Jpeen made.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my band and

[ENCLOSURE]

j affixed my seal, this 24th day of April , 1899.
|I» the pmn... on 4&^~X/S _

t/ state of New York, :

— Jss:

| County of New York.:

On thiy4w^-day ofxfeja^r^-y 1899, before me, a

I Notary Public within and for the County of Kings, Certifi¬
cate filed in New York County, personally appeared William
1. Saunders, to me known and known to me to be the person
described in and who executed the foregoing assignment and
acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpos¬
es therein mentioned.

KINGS CO., /

[ENCLOSURE]

y 63939

, &

THE INGERSOLL-SARGENT DRIljf
COMPANY,

-to-

EDISON-SAUNDERS COMPRESSED AIR''
COMPANY.

assignment.

SEE RECORD STAMP INSIDE.-; I

T.':y

, p . ? :• ; .

:-ti !•

'; V: :; ;

Byer.Edmonds ^Dyer

Attorneys at Law, ’

3LMassau St.,

1 1

[ENCLOSURE]

, | WHEREAS the undersigned, THE INGERS OLL- SERGEANT DRILj}
^0|iPAHY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of West Virginia and having a place of business
in the City of Hew York, County and State of New York, i^
the owner by assignment of an undivided one-half interest
in and to Letters Patent of . the United States No'. 486,411,
granted November 15th, 1892, upon an invention relating to
Method of Increasing the Efficiency of Motor Fluids; and

WHEREAS, ED ISON-SAUNDERS COMPRESSED AIR (coMPANY, a
[corporation organized and existing un^er the laws of the

State of New Jersey and having its principal place of busi¬
ness at West Orange, in the County of Essex in said State,
is desirous of acquiring said undivided one-half interest
in and to said Letters Patent and the invention covered
thereby;

NOW, THEREFORE, to all whom it may concern, be it
known, that, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dol-
Lar, to it in hand pa.id, receipt of which is hereby ack-
lowledged, and other valuable considerations, the said The
Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company has sold, assigned and
[/transferred, and by these presents does sell, assign and
transfer,, unto the said Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Com¬
pany, its successors and assigns, its entire right, title
md interest in and to the said Letters Patent and the in¬
dention covered thereby; the same to be held and enjoyed by
;he said Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Company, its suc-
sessors and assigns, to the full end of the term for which
said Letters Patent are or, may be granted, as fully and en-
Sirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by said
•he Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company, had this assignment
and sale not been made.

[ENCLOSURE]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said The Inge rsc^ll -Serge ant

I Drill Company has caused these presents to be executed and
its corporate seal affixed thereto, this 24th day of
April , 1899, by its Vice-President and Secretary
thereunto duly authorized.

THE ING EfiSOLL-SEriG EAL'T RCiL.LCO,

(Attest: _

“ "■ ‘ Yice-Pi'ea’t.

IS tat e of New York,

County of New York.

On this yL<S- day or f 1899> before

10 ' a Notary Public within and for the County of Kings," cer-
SllBd ln NeW Yt>rk County» Personally appeared
. r to me known, and who acknowledged that he

Es the Secretary and that William 1. Saunders is the Vice^
resident of. The Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company, and that
le foregoing assignment was executed by authority of the
jard of Directors of said Compaq

[ENCLOSURE]

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THOMS k. EDISON,

-to- [

COMPANY^

A S S I SI M E N T’ V i

SEE RECORD STAMP INSIDE;

t.-?/ » s Sc-Ay- '■

/tetr'-efifriK' / >;

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Dyer, Edmonds 8c Dyer,

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31 NasLuSt!*’

[ENCLOSURE]

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|g 2 WHEREAS, I, THOMAS A. EDISON, of Llewellyn Park, in
J§h<? County of Essex and 'State of New Jersey, have invented
F certain new and useful IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OP AND
pUpPARATUS POR REHEATING COMPRESSED AIR POR INDUSTRIAL PUR¬
POSES, for which I filed an application for Letters Patent
of the United States on' the 27tH‘ day of February, 1899, Ser¬
ial No. 706,976; and

WHEREAS, EDISON-SAUNDERS COMPRESSED AIR COMPANY, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the

IState of New Jersey and having its principal place of busi¬
ness at West Orange, in the County of Essex in said State,
is desirous of acquiring my entire right, title and interest
in and to said invention and in and to the Letters Patent
to bo obtained therefor;

| NOW, THEREFORE, to all whom it may concern, be it

Iknown that, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dol¬
lar, to me in hand paid, receipt of which is hereby ack¬
nowledged, and other valuable considerations, I, the said
Thomas A. Edison, have sold, assigned and transferred, and
by these presents do sell, assign and transfer, unto the said
Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Company, its successors and
y assigns, my entire right, title and interest in and to the
said invention and the application for Letters Patent re¬
ferred to, and all my right, title and interest in and to any
Letters Patent of the United States that may be granted
therefor; . and I hereby^authorize and request the Commis¬
sioner of Patents to issue such Letters Patent to the said
Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Company, its successors and
assigns, as my assignee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and

[ENCLOSURE]

December 81. 1899.

V7. S. Mallory Bsq.,

C/o Thomas A. Edison Bsq.,
Orange,

HE W JERSEY.

Dear Mr. Mallory,

You will remember that in connection
wifli the re-heater we discussed the ubs of
flexible metallic tubing. X enclose sbme
circulars of the flexible tubing ,which is
used here successfully. Please 'shovr these to
Mr. Ediron and I will take the matter up
further with you on my return.

Yours faithfully.

[ATTACHMENT]

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1899. Electric Light (D-99-11)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
electric lighting and power. Included are items attesting to Edison's continued
relations with the General Electric Co. and the Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
of New York.

Only three documents have been selected. The items not selected
consist of notices regarding the bylaws and stock of the Edison Electric
Illuminating Co. of New York as well as unsolicited or routine correspondence
concerning electric meters and central stations.

m 'vy

Referring to Utter No..

New York, February 18, 1899.

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

In view of the pending change of/^wnership of the majority
of the capital stock of this Company, it j/L suggested, at the mooting
of the Board of Directors held Februa»Vl6th. , that the Secretary
prepare a form of resignation for th/officers and directors and for¬
ward for signature. It is unders^od that these resignations will be
handed to Mr. Peabody for use ij/the event that the proposed transfer
of control is consummated.

In accordance therewith, I beg to hand you the enclosed form-
jesignation and ask th/t you sign it and return in 'the enclosed
stat|ped envelope.

Yours respectfully, (

ftiMtuttJZ ?V«i
/yrtnA /..%/„■.

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A . -

C>. Sept . 22V 1899.

j\ • ^/y

tii L

J . 3? . Randolph , Esq . ,

Edison laboratory.

Orange, H.J.

Dear Mr. Randolph, ~

X send you correspondence with regard to the titll
to two of Mr. Edison's patents. I don't know anything about
this matter, and thinking that you may, I send the papers to you.
Kindly return the correspondence with your reply.

Yougs^ve rq truly

(R.N.D.)

(Enclosure)

[ENCLOSURE]

FISH, RICHARDSON & STORROW,
COUNSELLORS AT LAW,

40 WATER STREET, BOSTON. 80 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, September 20,99,

Richard N. Dyer, Esq.,

31 Nassau Street, New York.

My dear Mr. Dyer:

I enclose a letter from Davi s to which a copy of one
from Meadoworoft is attached. You have followed the title to
Edison patents and can probably tell me at onoe whether the
General Electric Company should have the two to which this cor¬
respondence relates. Please return the enclosed.

Yours very truly,

dpT-Pt ,

[ENCLOSURE]

July 11, 1899.

F. P. Fish, Esq.,

New York City,

Dear sir:

I enclose herewith a copy of a letter from Mr. Meadow-
croft, relating to patents of Mr. Edison, which, apparently,
should belong to us. These patents do not seem to be very im¬
portant at present, but, obviously, it would be well to have them
assigned to us, if such an assignment is proper.

agd/cih
Enclosure .

Yours truly.

[ENCLOSURE]

Harrison, N.J., July

Albert G. Davis, Esq.,

Pat ent Dept .

General Electric Co.,

Schenectacfr , u.Y.

Dear sir:

Referring once more to the two Edison patents No . v470, 924
and No. ^34,208, I would say that I went to the office of Messrs.
Eaton & Lewis, and looked over a lot of ‘he old papers there relat¬
ing to assignments of patents, in connection with which I did
some work for Messrs. Eaton & lewis between 1892 and 1896.

The old contracts between Mr. Edison and the Edison
Electric light Company called for an assignment by him to the
company of all inventions covering electric lighting generally,
made by him up to January 12th, 1886, and for a further period of
three years from November 25th, 1887, of inventions relating to
incendescent lamps and their manufacture.

The Edison General Electric Company made an agreement
with Mr. Edison October 1st, 1890, known as the "laboratory A-
greement", under which his subsequent indentions for a stated pe¬
riod were to be assigned to the Edison General Electric Company. '

Up to the early part of 1896, so far as I know, there
had been no agreement covering Mr. Edison's general electric light
inventions for the period between January 12th, 1886, and the date
of the laboratory Agreement, October 1st, 1890.

[ENCLOSURE]

A short tine prior to March 1st, 1896, Major Eaton had
been given to understand that a new contract had been arranged by
Mr, Eish between Mr. Edison and the General Electric Company cover¬
ing all his inventions during this open period, and an asagnment
of such patents as had then been issued' was sent by Major Eaton
to Mr. Edison for execution, but so far as I can ascertain, it was
never returned.

As I recollent it, there waa quite considerable dis¬
cussion between the Officers and Counsel of the Company on this
matter at the time, and it was thought very desirable to cover
this open period by some arrangement with Mr. Edison, and my
impression is that there was some kind of a general settlement
with him under the laboratory Agreement, and that the assignment
of inventions during this open period was arranged for.

The two patents above named belong to -the open period
above referred to, taking the date of filing the application as
the date of the invention. The application for patent No.

470,924 was filed September 30th, 1887, and for patent No. 534,208,
on May 2, 1888.

Hi. boat thing I cm anggeet at present i. that yon m„.
nicat. rtth Mr. Plan and an* ]lim u „ „ ^ ^ ^ ^ .

abor. named arrangement „„ „,d. ,ith ^ „ So ^ ^

, W“’ patents coma be prepared and to

Mr. Edison for his execution.

If I can te of further qssistance in the matter, please
command me.

Very truly yours.

W. H. Meadowcroft
Secy/

1899. Fort Myers (D-99-12)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's home and property at Fort Myers, Florida. Included are items
pertaining to the repair, shingling, and painting of the house, and an undated
memorandum regarding a steamship and railroad freight route to Fort Myers.

All of the documents have been selected.

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Gentlemen:

T/e beg to advise that we received the following order
over the telephone to-day- and which we would request you kindly
confirm:

P« W. Devoe & 00*5. Lead & Zinc Paints. _

1 barrel.- 40 gallons - #682
. l/a " - 25 » - #647

l/a " - 25 " - #666

2-1 gallon cans - — #544

1-1 " can - #583

1 - 26 can Putty -

1-1 gal. can. Light Hard! Oil Pinlsh-
l/3 doz. - 3 l/2" Brushes
l/e doz. Sash Tools.

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us to make shipment .

Awaiting your reply, we remain,

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1899. Mining (D-99-14)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mining and ore milling. Many of the letters were written in response to reports
of Edison's interest in developing a separation process for gold ore. Also
selected is a 2-page advertisement explaining Edison's "dry placer process for
the separation of gold from gravel without the use of water," a process
experimentally developed at the West Orange laboratory and tested at the Ortiz
Mine in Dolores, New Mexico.

Approximately 15 percent of the documents have been selected. Most of
these items received a significant response from Edison. The following items
have not been selected: unsolicited letters that did not receive a significant
response from Edison, letters enclosing samples of ore or minerals for
analysis, and construction specifications for elevators at the New Jersey Zinc
Co. works. Also not selected is a 19-page manuscript, undated and unsigned,
of a lecture entitled "Edison and Iron."

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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Menlo Park,

Nevr Jersey.

Dear Mr. Edison,-

A member of the Gates Iron Works of Chicago, who was
dining with me to-day at the Lawyer’s Club and who knows of the big
plant we are ereoting in Chioago for the briquetting of coal dust,
thus utilizing the waste of the coal mines, stated that you had a
large produot of iron dust, which from the fineness of the mesh and
in Its present condition it was impracticable to send to the smelters,
and thought that by using the same process of binding the dust that we
do in the briquette that you could utilize your dust ana ship in the
form of a briquette to the smelters.

Our prooess is patented and consists of 5J? of pitch and 2# of
lime. We send you by express this afternoon, charges prepaid, a
briquette raede from the waste of an anthracite coal mine. Our new
briquettes will bo more oval in shape, thus doing away with the rough
edges in order to prevent abrasion. This briquette has had several
heavy shipments and Is sent to you simply as a suggestion. If it •
should interest you we would be glad to go into the matter further.

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Dear Sir:— —I notice by an article in recent papers that
you have invented a method of separating gold from dry placer
ground. As I understand it, it is an electrical process which will
take the place of the old sluice boxes in washing. This will I am
sure, describe to you what T refer to, and I should be very glad to
have you write me as to the earliest date at which you will be able
to erect a plant of that kind, what the cost would be, as to the
various number of yards capacity, and also what the capacity would

be. In fact all such informat i<

would be necessary to form s

telligent idea of the cost of a plant and cost of separatu
Kindly write me at your earliest convenience. I ei

Very truly yours,

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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Dear 'Sir:-

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 15th
instant, and am very much pleased to know that you .have gotten the iron
below seven per cent>. , in the Leadville zinc ore.

As to the various metallic contents of the ores with which you
have been experimenting. After the zinc has been ’ extracted therefrom,
the lead, silver, gold and iron would go to the Colorado smelters and be
paid for according to the values contained therein. For your infor¬
mation, would state the lead smelter in Colorado, Omaha and Kansas City
alone consume more than one thousand tons per day of iron for fluxing
purposes, and the iron in the Leadville zinc ores is valuable for- this
purpose.

As to the rock sent you. This is crude ore as it comes from

the mines at Leadville. Some of this ore has been going to Swansea

and Belgium, the mines at Leadville receiving five dollars per ton flat
on board cars at Leadville. Had not this zinc ore contained so much
iron, which you know is very injurious for making spelter, they would
have received a much larger price. Some of this ore goes to the
smelters in Colorado, who pay for the lead, silver, gold and iron, but
put a penalty on the zinc contained therein, as they arenot able to save
the zinc, it passing away in the slags and thrown over the dump.

You are correct when you say the quartz and silicious gangue

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in the ore is thrown away.

I note with considerable Interest that you can makea high grade
zinc concentrate, low in iron, and if done on a large scale, say, one
thousand or more tons per day, it can be done cheaply. Several of the
mines in Lsadville are concentrating their zinc ore by stamps, crushers,
gigs and thence over Wilfley concentration tables, and are able by this
process to run up their zinc, reducing the iron in the ore to about 10
per cent., minimum, shipping the lead and iron to the smelters and the
zinc concentrates to Swansea, Wales, and Belgium. Quite a considerable
tonnage of tailings are being shipped from leadville to Mineral Point,
Wisconsin, which are being treated by zinc works at that place.

I have no hesitancy in saying if you can reduce the iron in the
Leadville zinc ores below seven per cent., saving the lead and iron
which carries the silver and gold as a bi-product, we can make a large
amount of money out of the process.

I am also glad to note you have no difficulty in making the
separation of the zinc iron tailings. This has been a difficult matter
to do, and the large zinc mines in Colorado have been experimenting, not
only here, but throughout the country, with some cheap process which
would make this separation.

If you desire any more of the Leadville ores for your tests,
kindly advise me and I will have some sent promptly by express to you at
Orange .

Yours truly,

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THE EDISON DRY PLACER PROCESS

For the Separation of Gold from Gravel Without
the Use of Water.

purpose T ‘ S process has becn ‘"vented and perfected by Thomas A. Edison expressly for the pur-
■ pose of saving the gold in those localities where water cannot be had in sufficient quantity
to permit of hydraulic or other wet methods of concentration. Its field of usefulness however is not limited
to the separation of gold from gravel. Mauy other classes of material may be concentrated successfully

Kl N D OF The daSS °f grave,s most casi'y and efficiently treated by this process are those in which the

GRAVEL gold occurs in small grains in dry. loose or uncemented gravel, where the gold is free, and

TREATED. ”°t imbedded in or attached to the gangue, and is not extremely fine, as flour or float gold
nor extremely coarse, as pound nuggets. In other words the process is designed to suit the
great majority of placers where the gold occurs as grains varying in size from fine colors to half inch
nuggets. Gravel too firmly cemented together to permit of its being screened would require mechanical
disintegration before treatment, or if too damp for screening it would have to be dried. Gravel containing
black sand is very successfully treated and the magnetite removed as a by-product by the use of Mr. Edison’s
Magnetic Separator. Very stony gravel is the more easily treated by this process because the stones may
be readily removed by grizzlies and left on the spot leaving only a small portion of the total gravel contain-
ing the gold to be taken to the mill for separation.

essential steps or stages in the operation of the process : First, the sizing of

the gravel or dividing it by means of Mr. Edisoi
ately graded sizes ; and second, the concentration of each of the:
instead of a stream of water.

SIZING TheEdison Sizing method has a very large capacity combined with high efficiency. These
screens carry 3,000 pounds per hour for every foot of width and have many times the efficiency
of the screens usually employed. They are stationary and have no moving parts except the feeding device
a revolving roller. ’

SEPARATION Edif 1 “ Dry SeParatOT depends for its operation upon the fact that if two

bodies of equal size, but of different weights, are allowed to fall through a blast of air
the lighter body will be carried farther by the blast than the heavier one. But in order to get results that
are commercially practical very constant conditions must be easily maintained, and to successfully bring
about and maintain these conditions was the great obstacle to be overcome in the development of the pro¬
cess. For instance, the blast must be constant and of equal velocity at all points, free from puffs and no
stronger in its middle than on the sides where the walls of the chamber or duct through which it passes
tend to retard it. This separator has only two moving parts, a centrifugal fan and a slowly revolving
roller feed. It is of very inexpensive sheet iron construction, and may be built in any machine shop It
has no complicated parts and only four bearings to be lubricated.

VARIATION OF ^lthouEh the.wllole process. is simplicity itself, yet it is capable of considerable varia-
PROCESS TO l!011 10 adapt 11 t0 the particular needs of the gravel to be treated. The number of
SUIT GRAVEL. slzes ,,lto wlucl‘ tIle gravel is first divided depends upon the size and condition of the
gold to be saved. The capacity and some of the details of the separator also depend
upon the gravel and the gold. The maximum size of gravel to be treated in the mill is determined by th»
size of the coarsest gold, everything larger than this being screened out as the material is excavated at
left where excavated.

Fy In order to discover the characteristics of the gravel and of the gold and to thor-

TRIALOF THE oughly adaPt the process to the material, it is our policy in aU cases to first operate

GRAVEL. tlle Process on a small scale upon the placer to be worked, running through it gravel

taken from test pits distributed over the deposit. Careful records are kept of all
runs, and these show not only the peculiarities of the material and the cheapest and most efficient method
of treating it, but the extent and value of the deposit and the percentage of saving to be expected of the
large plant. It also affords an opportunity of demonstrating to the owners the ability of the process to
successfully, efficiently and cheaply treat their property.

EXPERIMENTAL The aPParatus required for this preliminary experimental operation would consist
APPARATUS chiefly of a set of sizing screens and a separator. These will be furnished by Mr.

Edison and remain his property. The other necessary items, and all other expenses,
such as bins, building, gasoline, steam or other form of eugine to furnish motive power, labor, teams, &c.,
would be furnished by the owners.

After completing the preliminary work the design and construction of the final plant would pro-
PLANT ceed under the Persollal direction of Mr. Edison, who would also act as consulting engineer to
the company. The size or capacity of the plant would depend largely upon the value per cubic
yard of the gravel as well as the extent or contents of the deposit. A placer averaging 30 cents per cubic
yard of gravel “in place ” may be profitably worked in a plant having a capacity of about 2,000 yards per

1899. Motion Pictures (D-99-15)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the production and commercial development of motion picture films. Most of
the items concern the Klondike Exposition Co., which was organized by
Edison and Thomas Crahan to make a filming expedition to the Yukon in
order to produce films suitable for display at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
Included is correspondence between Crahan and William E. Gilmore,
general manager of the Edison Manufacturing Co.

All of the documents have been selected except for duplicates.
Related material can be found in D-99-17 (Phonograph - General).

Dawson City, Yukon Territory',
January 27th, 1899.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Mr. THOMAS

CRAHAH is the Agent and Business Manager of the Syndicate
composed of the undersigned who have organized a Company
known as the "Klondike Exposition Company," the pruposes
of which are to make exhibits of products, relics, station¬
ary and moving pictures of the North West, including the
Yukon Territory, at Paris, in 1900.

Manager Canadian Bank of Commerce

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Ife^ger Alaska Commercial Company.

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Manager No r th-Aiaerican Transportation
and Trading Company

Wholesale Merchant

Counsellor at law, etc.

Miner and Merchant..;

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THIS AGREEMENT made at

day of March in tl
ninety-nine between THOMAS A. EDISON, on the one part,
(hereinafter designated as Mr, Edison), and THOMAS CRAHAN,
(hereinafter designated as Mr. Crahan. )

II TNESSETH:

WHEREAS Mr. Crahan or his assigns proposes
to take and obtain pictures and representations by

is year One thousand eight hundred and

photographic process of places and scenes in the region
knov/n as the Klondike country and elsewhere in Alaska, in
the North West Territory of Canada, and of places and
scenes elsev/here from and to Seattle into such country, ■
all of which is hereinafter designated as the Territory,
and intends that such pictures and representations shall
be fitted and prepared for first cl'ass exhibition as moving
pictures by the process and' manner knovn as the projecting
Kinetescope or similar apparatus, and intends to exhibit the
same' particularly at the Paris Exposition of 1900 and
elsev/here in Prance, and in England, the United States,
Canada, and elsev/here; No vr therefore to carry out such ■
proposition and intention and in consideration of mutual
promises and the payment of the moneys he rein Eft er provided
for, it is agreed as fdllows:

That on or before the 15th day of May 1899
Mr. Edison shall manufacture, provide and furnish two

complete Kinetograplis or photographic apparatus or machines
of the first class capable of : taking and obtaining such
pictures or the negatives of such pictures or scenes and
for the purpose aforesaid, such negatives to be of at least
three inches in width inside measurement. The photographic
apparatus or machines shall continue and remain the property !
of Mr, Edison, but the exclusive right t o the us e cf the same
for. the purposes aforesaid, or of any substitute of such
machines, shall belong to Mr. Crahan for the period of five
years from the date of this contract. As compensation to
Mr. Edison for the gurnisliing of such machines and their
use as aforesaid Mr. Crahan will pay him the cost, said cost
not to exceed One thousand dollars for both, of which Tvro
hundred dollars shall be paid upon the execution of this
contract', the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, ’
and Eight hundred dollars on July 1st 1899 by bank draft
on New York City, New York, if Mr. Edison has then faithfully
performed his agreement as to such machines.

Together with .such machine or machines and
thereafter frcrn time to time during the* period of this
contract as shall be required by Mr. Crahan, Mr. Edison !

shall have prepared and furnished proper and suitable ’ y
negative films for use in such machines and for the taking '•
and obtaining of such pictures as aforesaid, and shall j

thereafter within reasonable time develop or cause to be
developed and prepared such negative films in final shape
ready for use and for the proper making of positives to

(2)

be used for exhibition in the manner proposed as aforesaid;
and for such negative films and for the final preparation
of the same Mr. Crahan will pay Mr. Edison the actual
cost of such films together with the cost of their final
preparation in all not to exceed thirty cents per running
foot of such films; and ' said negatives shall be paid for
one-thira on delivery at Mr. Edison's manufactory at West
Orahge, New Jersey; one-third on July 15th 1899 to
Mr. Edison's agent at Dawson, Yukon Territory by bank
draft on New York City, New York, ana one-third on complete
development of the same ready for manufacture of positives
therefrom; and also to furnish such positives frem the
negative films as nay be required upon the written order
of Mr. Crahan but not otherwise at a price not to exceed
thirty cents per ranning foot of saia films; the said
positive films shall be paid for as ordered by Mr. Crahan
ready for vise in such projecting na chines. All saia films
both negative and positive shall be the property of
Mr. Crahan.

At the tiine saia photographic apparatus or machines
are furnished as aforesaid Mr. Edison shall select and
appoint a proper person of due experience and shall
thereafter substitute any other or others in his place
fran time to time as may be required, who during the season
of 1899, or so much thereof as Mr. Crahan shall deem
necessary to obtain pic tures in said territory, shall have
charge of said photographic apparatus and machines; and

•under the direction and control of Mr. Cralian shall take
and obtain all suchpictures and scenes within the territory
above mentioned; that Mr. Cralian will pay such person or
his substitute during such employment at the rate of
Five (<$5.00) Dollars per day ana in addition thereto his
necessary and proper expenses, such payment to be made as
Mr. Edison shall from time to time require.

On or before the first day of January 1900
Mr. Edison will manufacture, furnish and deliver a proper
Kinetescope or projection machine, and on three months notice
others, all of the first class suitable and fitted for the
projection and showing of such pictures and scenes in
exhibition and which shall project or show such pictures at
the best focus at a size in projection of not less than
eighteen feet by twenty feet. Such projecting machines
shall be the exclusive property cf Mr. Cralian for which
he shall pay to Mr. Edison upon delivery the cost thereof •
not to exceed Two hundred dollars per machine.

If by. Occident or misadventure not due to the fault
or negligence of Mr. Crahan either or any of such^iacHines
shall within the said poriod be lost or destroyed, or so
injured as to become useless for the purposes aforesaid,
or shall be or become ineffective for first class work in
the particulars aforesaid, then and in that case Mr. Edison
will, with all reasonable speed, repair, or cause to be
repaired, such machine or nu chine s to be prut in first class
shape and effectiveness without cost to Mr. Cralian; or in
case said machine or machines cannot be so repaired Mr. Edison

(4)

■will without cost furnish and substitute another or other
machines in place thereof; the intention of the parties
being that at all times during the above mentioned period
Mr. Edison will be obligated, except by default or negli¬
gence of Mr. Crahan, to furnish and keep in order and
effectiveness such machines or furnish proper substitutes
therefor.

It is further agreed that except as hereinafter
provided neither Mr. Edison nor any of the Companies with
which he is connected, nor any employee of his or them,
shall knowingly make or furnish any similar photographic
apparatus for similar use and purposes in the above
mentioned territory or for representing or showing scenes
in such territory.

And as further consideration going to this entire
contract it is agreed that Mr. Edison shall receive and be
entitled to 20$ of the net receipts derived from the
exhibition of such pictures or scones.

During the said undertaking and the taking and :
obtaining such pictures Mr. Edison shall be entitled,
within said territory by apparatus and appliances and films
provided at his own cost, and by and through the person or
persons so selected as aforesaid, to take and obtain all
such pictures and scenes as he shall see fit for use in
Kinetescopes' of the kind and size heretofore used by
Mr. Edison in slot machines and otherwise in pro Sections.
That the negatives and positives of pictures and scenes
so taken shall belong to Mr. Edison and under his direction

and control may be exhibited in the United States and in
Europe in slot machines or otherv/ise; that the net receipts
of stich exhibiting shall be equally divided between Mr. Edison
and Mr. Crahan. jt is however understood that such pictures
shall not be exhibited at any time or in any place until the
exhibition of the pictures first above mentioned lias begun
in Paris.

All provisions of this contract shall be and
become for the benefit as well of the parties hereto as
for their respective executors, administrators and assigns,
and that Mr. Crahan may assign this contract and all his
rights thereunder and that his assignee or assignees shall
be entitled to all the rights arid privileges heroin given
and be obligated by all his obligations.

Mr. Crahan agrees that he will at once organise
a corporation under the lav/s of New Jersey, to which this
contract shall be assigned, which corporation shall stand
in the place of Mr. Crahan as to all rights and obligations
of this contract.

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.

At the request of Mr. Thomas Crahan I enclosi

;ith a certificate for <

i of the capital stock of the

Klondike Exposition- Company, qualifying you as a dire ct o:

Yours very truly.

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Klondike Exposition Co.

Butler House, Beattie, Wash.

Dear Sirs \

X desire to ao knowledge with thanks receipt of sigAt draft
for $700.00, dated Hew York, June 7th, 1899, payable to Thomas A.

Edison, on the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Dawson, Yukon Territory,
which we have put through for collection and immediately we have re¬
ceived returns from same the amount will be credited to your account.

You of course understand that the account open on our, i books at the .

present time is in the name of Tftomas Crahan, as we h^vo not received
any authority from you that the contract rights ,f|ave £>een turned over
to the Klondike Exposition Co. '

Trusting that everything is going well with you ajjkl that the results
will be in every way satisfactory to all interested parties, believe me,

Yours very truly, !

General Manager,

THOMAS CRAHAN,

Tl?e Klondike ©position @mpan^.

DIRECTORS.

Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.
H. T. Wills, Dawson, Y. T.
Ely E. Weare, Chicago, III.

J. E. Hansen, Dawson, Y. T.
Samuel Word, Dawson, Y. T.
Tlios, Craiian, Dawson, Y. T.
Thos. Adair, Dawson, Y, T.

PARIS— 1900.

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W.E. Gilmore Esq., General Manager.,

Edison Mfg Co.,

Orange, N.J. ' ?

I)“ar Sir:

Yours in acknowledgement of the receipt of my draft, came to hand
to day .All my rights in the contract with Mr Edison, have been assigned to
the Klondike Exposition Co, as that was understood by Mr Edison and my¬
self when the contract was made, and was one of the conditions upon which
it was based .We start tomorrow for the North, and hope we may find you
all in good health upon our re turn .Regards to Mr Edison and Mr White.

Yours Very Truly

"A*M»nager.

Samut/GA/mcnrt
finuA Zfflytn

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'Mvr 'for/1. Sept* 23, 1899

i E. Gilmore, Esq.,

Edison Manfg. Co.,

Orange, N.J.

WfO0VE:Q

SEP,«8M .

juitAhkl

We beg to enclose herewith original assignment from
Messrs. Hollaman and Eaves of copyright covering the Passion
Play, Salmi-Morse Version, the same having been recorded in
the Office of the Librarian of Congress. Kindly acknowledge

[ENCLOSURE]

ALBERT G,
HOLLAMAN,

EAVES and RICHARD G,

THOMAS A. EDISON,

ASSIGNMENT OP COPYRIGHT,

Dyer, Edmonds £ Dyj

[ENCLOSURE]

THIS INDENTURE made this / J » day of July, 1899.
between ALBERT G. EAVES and RICHARD G. HOLLAMAN, both of New
York in the County and State of New York, of the first part,
and THOMAS A, EDISON, of Llewellyn Park, in the State of New
Jersey, of the second part, WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the said Albert G. Eaves and Richard G.
[Hollaman are proprietors of certain photographic films en¬
titled "The Passion Play", for use on a moving picture ma¬
chine, for which they obtained a copyright on the 21st day
of January, 1898; and

WHEREAS, said Thomas A. Edison is desirous of ac¬
quiring; said copyright;

NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said Albert
G. Eaves and Richard G. Hollaman, for and in consideration
of the sum of One Dollar, to them in hand paid by the said
Thomas A. Edison, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
have bargained, sold and assigned, and by these presents do
bargain, sell and assign, unto the said Thomas A. Edison,
all of said photograph and all copyright, title, interest,
property, claim and demand, of, in and to the same; TO HAVE
AND TO HOLD the said photograph, copyright and all the prof¬
it, benefit and advantage that shall or may arise by and
from printing, reprinting, publishing and vending the. same
or in any other manner whatsoever, unto the said Thomas A.

Edison,^ his heirs, executors, administrators andr assigns .

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’art have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and
rear first above written.

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Public, personally appeared Albert G. Eaves and Richard G.
Hollaman, to me known and known to me to be the persons
described in and who executed the foregoing assignment,
and severally acknowledged to me that they executed the
same as their free act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein mentioned.

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1899. Patents (D-99-16)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
foreign and domestic patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent
matters. Most of the material consists of letters to Edison from the law firm of
Dyer, Edmonds & Dyer pertaining to phonograph patents and patent
infringements.

Approximately 15 percent of the documents have been selected. The
following items have not been selected: non-substantive correspondence about
application fees or patent renewals, letters of transmittal, and documents that
duplicate information in selected items.

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John F. Randolph, Esq.,

Edison Laboratory,

Orange, N.J.

Dear Sir,-

We beg to enclose papers in referenpe^to the institution
of public use proceedings in connection yfth the Concert Phono¬
graph, consisting, first, of the petition to the Commissioner,
and second, of affidavits of Mr. Ed*£on, Mr. Miller, Mr. Wurth,
Mr. Gilmore, and Mr. John F. Ott.^/ The petition is to be signed
by Mr. Mallory as president of /he National Phonograph Company,
and is to be acknowledged before you. The affidavits are to
be signed and acknowledged $r the several gentlemen. Regarding
Mr. Edison's affidavit, ireHiave curtailed it as much as possible,
and have drawn it as clo/ely as possible on the lines suggested
by him yesterday in th/ interview with our Mr. Frank L. Dyer.

/When the papers have/been signed, please return them to us for
^filing in Washingt^

Yours very truly.

(F.L.D.)

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange ,

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Dear Mr. Edison,-

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With regard to the public use proceedings on high
surface speed for talking machines, as I told you yesterday, we J
will want to take your deposition on Monday, September 4th, at . j

your laboratory. I will see you during the week preceding \ ^ ^ \

that day. I think it well that you should delegate
to attend to the following matters:

1.- Procure a modern gramophone and ascejJ
speed. £0_ 6//a."6utorffc^

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2.- As far as possible, ascertain the limits of speed varia¬
tion which the user of the phonograph could secure by the
ordinary speed adjustment with which the machines were
provided in the case of all the styles of phonographs you
have marketed since you began to use wax blanks.

S.- As far as possible, ascertain the lengths and diameters
of the cylinders for all the different styles of tinfoil
phonographs which were marketed prior to, say, 1885.

- I recall that you made one of the disk tinfoil machines
supplied with a spring motor such as is shown in your
1878 English patent. That machine I understand is still
about your laboratory. If that, or any other motor tin-

foil phonograph, is in existence, kindly have similar
measurements made.

5.- So far as practicable, ascertain the variations in speed
capable of being produced by users with the ordinary
means of adjustment in the case of all the different
styles of graphophones which have been marketed.

The securing of the foregoing information will enable you to tes¬
tify with definiteness. We should have as much of this informa¬
tion as it is possible to obtain before September 4th. 1 would

rather you would put a man on this work, but if you haven’t any¬
body, we can put on a man from our office.

(R.N.D.)

P.S.- — Please let me know at once whether you will put a man
on this work.

Dear Sir,-

We beg to enclose the specification in the rough on the
improved bricking process, which you will please execute as we
have indicated in lead pencil. We think you will find the de¬
scription to be correct, except possibly the statement on page 5
to the effect that the composition of pulverized material and the
binder may be baked in mass and afterwards broken up as you de¬
scribe in your patent No, 465,251. In case such a process is
impracticable in the present state of the art, we will erase
this statement from the specification before the case is filed.

Yours very truly, ■

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

We beg to enclose the application papers on the two
improvements in phonographs covering the employment of the
new reproducer and the seventy-five thread per inch machine.

If the papers are correct and meet your, views, kindly execute
as we have indicated. We attach to each case rough pencil
drawings, from which the Patent Office drawings will be made.

We also beg to enclose blanks for patents in Germany,
Austria, Belgium and Prance, which you will please execute
with your fill name (Thomas Alva Edison) , as we have indicated.
The British patent will be taken out as a communication in •
the usual way.

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange ,

Dear Sir,-

We beg to acknowledge receipt of the executed papers for
U.S. applications on the new reproducer and on the 75-thread
phonograph, together with executed powers of attorney for patents
in Germany, Austria, Belgium and France. We note that you wish
to have the 75-thread phonograph also patented in France, German®
England and Austria. So far as England and France are concern¬
ed, we believe there will be no difficulty in having both of the
inventions covered in the same patents. Austria can also proba¬
bly be covered in this way; at any rate, we will include both
devices in one case, and can make a division later on if it is
insisted upon. So far as Germany is concerned, we believe that
a separate application should be filed on the 75-thread machine,,
and therefore beg to enclose an additional power of attorney for
this purpose, which you will please sign as we have indicated
with your full name.

(F.L.D.)

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-

We beg to enclose a petition for filing in the Can¬
adian Patent Office in connection with the "Concert" phono¬
graph situation, requesting that the Office delay the issue
of any patent either to Macdonald or Douglass or their as¬
signees until the public use question has been settled in
this country, or else that a separate public use proceeding
be instituted in Canada. Please sign the petition in the
two plaoes on page 8 as we have indicated in leadpencil. Mr.
Mallory is also to sign the petition on page 8, as president
of the National Phonograph Company, and is to sign the oath
on page 9. The oaths of both yourself and Mr. Mallory
are to be acknowledged before a Notary Public.

Yours very truly,

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange ,

Dear Sir,-

In your application No. 9B7 for Apparatus for Concen¬
trating Magnetic Iron Ores, the Patent Office cites as a refer¬
ence the description in the Engineering and Mining Journal on
"The Mine Hill Ore Deposits in New Jersey and the Wetherill
Concentrating Plant". The date of this publication is July
24, 1897. We beg to enclose an affidavit antedating this
reference, which you will please sign and return to us.

Yours very truly.

(P.L.D .)
(Enclosure)

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange ,

N.J.

Dear Sir,-

We beg to enclose herewith original Letters Patent is¬
sued to yourself for Improvements in Rolls, No. 637,327, dated
November 21, 1899. Kindly acknowledge receipt.

Yours very truly,

(A.G.R.)

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange ,

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Dear Sir,-

We have prepared the application papers on the improved
form of reheater, and beg to enclose the same herewith. We
have indicated in lead pencil how the papers are to be executed.

(E.L.D.)

(Enclosure)

Yours truly,

Dear Sir,-

In accordance with your pencil memoranda handed this
morning to our Mr. Frank L. Dyer, we beg to say that your case
Ho. 751 issued as patent Ho. 484,582 dated October 18, 1892, and
that your case Ho. 792 issued as patent No. 499,879 dated June
20, 1893.

In reference to your enquiry if your patent Ho. 392,419
does not cover the process of duplicating employed by Berliner
in the making of gramophone blanks, we beg to say that we have
not been able to locate this patent by the number which you give.
We will, however, run through the several patents obtained by you
on duplicating processes, and will ascertain if there is any pat¬
ent which would be probably infringed by Berliner.

In reference to your application Ho. 749, filed January
16, 1888, for electrical switches, it appears that the claims
were rejected on references showing the employment of silver for
the contact surfaces in commutators of dynamos. In the prosecu¬
tion of your case, the argument was made that the employment of
silver in the construction of commutators was distinguished from
the employment of silver in the construction of a switch. That
argument was considered by the Patent Office as being insuffi-
1

cient to properly overcome the references and the case was final¬
ly rejected. You advised us on February 10, 1892, to allow the
application to become abandoned. Even if the patent had issued,
we doubt if it could have been regarded as being infringed by the
construction of commutator employed in the Thomson meter, in view
of the references showing the employment of silver in commutators
of dynamos.'

With regard to your application Ho. 743, filed January 5,
1888, Serial No. 259,895, on process of duplicating phonograms,
we find that as originally presented there were claims which
covered broadly the first step of coating a phonogram with a
metal, and there were other claims which covered the specific
process of coating the phonogram with a metal by means of a
vacuous deposit. A prior British patent granted to you covered
a process which would have been considered the equivalent of the
broad claims, and therefore, in order .that the patent as a whole
when issued might not be affected by the fact of the prior British
patent, the case wa3 divided and your application No. 751 was
filed January 30, 1888, which issued as patent No. 484,582 dated
October 18, 1892, containing claims which are limited to the
vacuous deposit. This division was made in accordance with the
practice as it existed in the Office at the time, but in January
1894 the Supreme Court, in the case of Miller vs. Eagle Mfg. Oo.,
rendered a decision which would have made a patent issued on the
original application with the broad claims invalid in view of the
patent which had already been issued with the specific claims.

We therefore found it necessary to abandon the case.

In reference to your application No. 744, filed January
6, 1888, Serial No. 259,896, we find that the claims as presented
covered broadly the duplicate phonogram "carrying a photographic
record and constructed of a hard material not capable of beirg
satisfactorily indented by a phonograph". In view of the fact
that such an article appeared to be covered in your British pateit
No. 1644 of April 24, 1878, which patent expired while the appli¬
cation in question was pending, a valid patent could not have
been granted on the application, and therefore the application
was abandoned. Your patent No. 484,582 dated October 18, 1892,
above considered, which describes the process of making a dupli¬
cate phonogram of a hard material and which refers specifically
to such a phonogram, would, in addition to your British patent
already referred to, make it impossible to obtain a valid patent
on the invention in case the application were refiled, as sug¬
gested by you.

In reference to your application No. 806, filed October
11, 1888, for method of duplicating phonograms. Serial No. 287, 842^
we find upon an examination of the file that abandonment of this
case also was required in view of your expired British patent
above referred to. We find from the memoranda on file, the
question of abandonment was discussed with you on February 18,
1895, and that the abandonment was permitted at your request.

With regard to your application No. 781, we find from an
examination of our files that this case was abandoned in favor of
the applications which were issued as patents No. 382,416 dated
May 8, 1888, case No. 745, and No. 386,974 dated July 31, 1888,

case No. 741, which patents cover all the features of said ap¬
plication.

We have considered all the points therefore concerning
which you desire information except as to your enquiry concerning
the old disk phonograph. We will look up this case and advise
you in regard to it immediately.

Yours truly,

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419, dated May 8th, 1888, and No. 484,582, dated October 18,
1892, with a view of determining, in accordance with your
request, whether' the process employed in the making of gram¬
ophone records is an infringement of either or both of these
patents.

The last-mentioned patent may be dismissed from con¬
sideration at the start, since all of its claims are limited
to the coating of a phonograph record with a metal by means
of a vaporizing process carried on in vacuo. The process
used in the duplication of gramophone records consists, ac¬
cording to the best of our information, in first tracing the
record in an extremely thin, acid-resisting, fatty film,
generally in the presence of alcohol; in then etching the
foundation material (generally zinc) through the lines of
the record; in then removing the coating, whereby a posir
tive or italio is secured; in then making a cameo negative
or matrix therefrom, generally by a process of electrodepo¬
sition; in then separating the matrix from the original
positive; and finally, in impressing sheets or disks of

(T. A. E. , 2)

hard rubber or analogous material with the matrix so ob¬
tained.

In your patent No. 382,419, a process of duplicating
phonograms by knurling is described, consisting in first
coating a cylindrical record with a metal, preferably- by va¬
porizing the metal in vacuo; in backing up the infinitesi¬
mally thin coating so produced by a second coating of a met¬
al, such as lead or tin; in then removing the original rec¬
ord, so as to leave a shell with the record in negative
within the bore of the same; in then splitting said shell
longitudinally; in then either bending the shell flat and
supporting it on a flat foundation or reversing the shell
and supporting it on a cylindrical body; and in finally
making copies from the matrix 30 obtained by knurling.

Your patent in question refers to your British pat¬
ent No. 1644 of April 24, 1878, in which several references
are made to duplicating processes. For instance, on page
7, lines 34 — 39, the patent says:r

"If the copper foil, or tin-foil with copper surface
is used, and a matrix of iron- or steel made by electro¬
type deposit or otherwise upon the phonogram, such ma-.
trix may be hardened and used for impressing. a sheet or
roller of metal as. hereafter mentioned; thereby the
original phonogram can be reproduced Indefinitely in
metal that may be hardened and used for any reasonable
length of time to utter the sentence or words or sounds
phonetically,"

On page 10, the British patent statesir

(T. A. E.,

"In Pig. 60 one roller 42 of the pair is made of
hardened metal with the sound record in relief. This
is obtained by electrotype or other process from an
iron foil or other metal phonogram, and this roller is
used to indent strips or sheets of foil or rollers to
produce copies that can be used with the phonet. Pig.
61 represents a roller 42 of hardened metal with the
record in relief and arranged so as to knurl or indent
the phonogram in a roller 43 of soft metal that is to
be pressed against the roller 42 by a screw nr other
suitable means."

The patent further states, page 11, lines 15-18:-

"In copying phonograms or making duplicates,, an
original phonogram may receive a deposit of copper or
iron in a plating bath; and if of iron may be carbon¬
ized to convert it into steel and hardened, and then ■
the same should be baoked up with type metal and used
for impressing strips or pieces of metal."

The essential difference, in a broad sense, between
the process described in your U. S. patent No. 382,419 and
in your British patent No. 1644, was that in the former the
deposit of metal for obtaining the matrix was made upon a
continuous cylindrical surface, and that process, therefore,
necessitated the splitting of the shell so obtained and the
partial or entire reversal thereof, to enable duplicates to
be produced by knurling. The first claim of the U. S. pat¬
ent, therefore, was specifically limited to the step of "re¬
moving the original phonogram and opening the metallic coat¬
ing", and the second claim was specifically limited to the
steps of "splitting the enclosing coating longitudinally"
and "bending the same to fonn a knurl"; in view of which
limitations, we do not consider the claims to be infringed

(T. A. E. , 4)

by the Berliner process of making gramophone records*

It would not have been possible, at the time of the
taking out of your U. S. patent No. 382, 419, for a claim to
have been secured which would cover the process of making
gramophone records, since such a claim would obviously have
to cover broadly any process of duplicating sound records
by first making a matrix in a metal by electro-deposition,
and then using such a matrix to make copies therefrom. Such
a process appears to be clearly indicated in your British
patent No. 1644, and it was unquestionably old long prior to
the filing date of your application for U. S. patent No.
382,419. For instance, in "Engineering", Vol. XXV, page
186 (1879), a process is described for making duplicates of
the records made in the so-called "six-penny phonograph",
said prooess consisting in first making an original record
on a ridge of stearine, then coating the record with plumba¬
go, then electroplating with oopper, then removing the cop¬
per matrix, then in booking it with"lead or other metal",
and in finally making copies from the matrix so obtained in
lead wire by pressing the latter into the matrix., The pub¬
lication states:-

"From one copper matrix a very large number of lead
impressions may be made, and we are told that the whole
process can be gone through and lead wires, each con¬
taining the record of a short sentence, can be made and
30ld with a profit for one halfpenny each."

(T. A. E., 5)

Since, in our opinion, your patent No. 382,419 was
intended to cover only a specific difference between the
process thereof and the disclosure of your British patent
No. 1644, we do not consider that patent to be infringed by
the process used in the making of gramophone records; nor,
as we have above indicated, do we believe it would have been
possible, at the time of taking out your patent No. 382,419,
to obtain a claim which would be infringed by the making of
suoh records.

Yours very truly,

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, N.J

Dear Sir:-

Vfe have prepared the application papers on your im¬
proved magnetic separators, and bfeg to enclose the same
herewith. You will note that,. in regard to the separator
using the high surface speed fit the belt and utilizing cen¬
trifugal effect to facilitate the separation, we have pre¬
pared the papers for two /aaes. Nos. 1022 and 1023, one on
the process and the othefr on the apparatus. With regard to
the other separator for separating extremely weak magnetic
materials, we have p/epared only a single case on the ap¬
paratus, as we do not seo how a claim can be made on the
process. /

We beg Jq enclose also blue prints of the drawing
which will be /sad in cases 1022 and 1023, showing the broad
faced separathr.and also a blue print of the. drawing in case
1021, showing the narrow faced separator. We have indicat¬
ed in pencil how the papers are to be executed.

/ Yours very truly,

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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,

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Patents have been obtained In England, Prance, Germany,
Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, New South Wales
and Victoria, and applications for patents are pending in Russia,
Sweden and Denmark, on the electric meter employing the oscilla¬
ting scale-beam which controls the register mechanism by means
of the long escapement . We have sent you copies of all the
patents already issued except the German patent, which has Just
been received and which we enclose herewith. We wrote you on
July 19th last that the taxes on the patents in Prance, Belgium,
Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Hungary, and on the unissued
patent in Sweden, were due the following month. You sent us
your check in payment of said taxes, and the proper payments were
made by us. Other taxes in connection with these patents will
require to be paid during the coming year, and in some instances
the! invent ions will require to be worked if the patents are to
remain in force. Please advise us if you wish to continue to
pay the taxes and effect the workings in connection with all of
these patents, and if there are any which you may not consider
of sufficient importance to warrant further disbursements, please
advise us and we will cancel the same from our books.

Our particular purpose in writing you at the present time

is to notify you that a tax on the Austrian patent and the work¬
ing thereof require to be pqid and effected ^respectively on or
before February 1, 1900. The amount of the tax is $20, and the
cost of the working is about $65. If you wish. us to attend to
these matters, please send us a check.

Yours very truly,,

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(F.L.D.)

1899. Phonograph - General (D-99-17)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the commercial and technical development of phonographs, particularly the
business of the National Phonograph Co. Most of the items are letters to
William E. Gilmore, president of the National Phonograph Co., from Charles
E. Stevens, foreign agent for that company. Gilmore and Stevens were
organizing phonograph sales abroad even though the Edison United
Phonograph Co. had already been established to exploit the phonograph
outside the United States. Also included are several items pertaining to the
domestic phonograph market as well as an undated memorandum by Edison
discussing financial arrangements to be made with Stevens. Several of
Stevens's letters relate to motion picture as well as phonograph markets.

Approximately 85 percent of the documents have been selected. The
following items have not been selected: perfunctory patent, trademark, and
legal documents; documents that duplicate information in selected items.

The records of the National Phonograph Co. for the period 1900-191 1
were removed from the Document File and organized by ENHS staff as a
separate record group. A finding aid is available. Selected items from this
record group can be found in the Company Records Series.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Mytdear Sir;

I duly received your favor of 28th ultimo, in regard to
business carried on at 44 Broad Street, this city, by Mr. F. M. Prescott,
under the title of "Edison Phonograph Agency" and advising me that Mr.
Prescott has ho authority to use the above tientioned title, and requestiig
that all the mail received at this office directed as described should
be delivered to the Rational Phonograph Co. at Broadway and 26th Street,
New York.

In reply, I have to say that Mr. Prescott has furnished me
with a written statement in regard to his use of the above named title,
by which it appears that he was engaged in business during 1897 under
the name of "Edison Phonograph Agency*, by and with the conse&jr of the
Manager of the National Phonograph Co* that about May, 1898, he entered
into co-partnership with one C. E. Stevens to continue business under
the same title and at the same address, 44 Broad st. , N.Y. that sub¬
sequently the co-partnership was dissolved- and by mutual consent Mr.
Prescott was to liquidate the affairs of the defunct Agency; that he is
so engaged at the present time; that he is not now advertising or using
and has not advertised under or used the title "Edison Phonograph Agency"

since the dissolution of the co-partnership, ana that the only mattSr”nw
carried on tinder that name id- such as relates to the former business
of the Agency. He also advises me that he would be unable to successfully
terminate or wind-up the affairs of the Agency should the mail so address¬
ed be diverted from him and he desires such mail delivered to him as form¬
erly. I have accordingly directed that all mail addressed to the Edison
Phonograph Agency shall be delivered as formerly at 44 Broad St.,\in
accordance with the regulations of the Post Office Department. You have,
however, recourse to the courts to tests the right or authority of Mr.
Prescott to the alleged unauthorized use of the name "Edison" in
connection with his business, and should you succeed in restraining him
by injunction or otherwise from the use of the name "Edison" the order of
the Court will be respected at this office'.

I am

Very respectfully,

VIFQUAIN- PARIS

€ie ^iT)eriGair)e‘ da P^opograpfye Edisop

39, Bpalevard cles Gapucines, 39 j

Orange, N.J.

Dear Sir:-

we understand that .you are interested
in the National Phonograph Co., Wehavesoras friends,
who would probably purchase the entire plant and if
you care to dispose of the matter, will you kindly \
let us know. These are propitious times for dis- ’
■posing of such interests "Under less advantageous '
circumstances, such interests would not bring any •'
desirable figure '

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

r. JAMES BUILDING,

NEW YORK Uareh 2£, 1688,

Phynograpl^business .
i As as muohto your interest as ours

New Jersey & Pa. Opne works. /

Orange, N. J. j

Deap Sirs’* \ \ j

We. are. engaged in- a war Witja priee-outterB and dealers whqse
methods tend to demoralize the Phqr
Our object is two )

that we aucoeed in upholding Wr/ retail priaes and our soale or dlspoiints.

We enclose list of suspended dealqrs , whose Supply we have absolutely
out off.

We ask you to oo-operate /with us\for our mutual good, by refusing
to supply any of these dealers with our droaratue and by signing the
enclosed agreement, and returning same to ink \

Yours very truly\

[ENCLOSURE]

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO..

to NEW YORK.

LIST OF SUSPENDED DEALERS.
NEW YORK March 25, 1899.

New York. — F. M. Prescott, 44 Broad St., New York City.

Columbia Phonograph Co., or its agents, either in
N. Y. City or elsewhere.

Sam 1 1 Nafew Co., 392 Broadway, N. Y. City & 167
Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.

caSilwen?h!i,C°‘’. °r}83 Nassau N- Y- C“y-

Union Office Supply Co., 83 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
Willis Park Row Bicycle Co., 23 Park Row, N. Y.
City.

Siegel Cooper Co., N. Y. City & Chicago, Ill.

R. H. Maoy Co., N. Y. City.

Providenoe, R. I — F. P. Moore, Providenoe, R. I.

The Aroade Co., Providence, R. I.

Williams & Rankin, Providenoe, R. I.

Allen Co., Providenoe, R. 1.

Newport, R. I - Neil McLennon, 196 Thames St., Newport, R. I.

Danbury, Conn. — James McDonald, Danbury, Conn.'

Hartford, Conn - Brown, Thompson & Co., Hartford, Conn.

Fall River, Mass. — The Foster Co., Fall River, Mass,

Worcester, Mass - Denholm, McKay & Co., Worcester, Mass.

Philadelphia — Hawthorne & Sheble, 604 Chestnut St., Philadel¬
phia, Pa.

Scranton, Pa - Soranton Novelty Co., Scranton, Pa.

K. A. Weiohell, Soranton, Pa.

Easton, Pa — Keller's Music House (William H. Keller), Easton,
Pa.

Paterson, N. J. — Chas. H. Kelly, 25 No. Main St., Paterson, N. J. '
Brooklyn, N. Y. — Wm. Staats, 499 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Christian Krabbe, 168 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Wilkensburg, Pa. — John Mao Williams, Wilkensburg or Wilmerding, Pa.
Turtle Creek, Pa. — Robert Williams, Turtle Creek, Pa.

We ask you to co-operate with us, for our mutual good by refusing
to supply any of these dealers with our apparatus.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

C. H. WILSON,

Manager of Sales.

[ENCLOSURE]

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

ST. JAMES BUILDING,
Broadway and a6th Street, New York.

JnEW YORK.*00”""

NEW YORK March 25, 1899.

IN CONSIDERATION of the sale of Edison Phonographs and Edison
Reoords to us by the National Phonograph Co.,

WE HEREBY AGREE that we will not wholesale Edison Phonographs
or Edison Reoords at a better discount than authorized or in¬
structed by the National Phonograph Co., nor will we give better
delivery than f. o. b. our place of business; that we will give no
discount whatever from published list prices to anybody, either
direotly or indirectly, who is not a dealer entitled to regular dis¬
counts; that we will not retail Edison Phonographs or Reoords at
less than the published list price, nor will we inolude with a
machine at list price any extra material or supplies not listed to
go with regular outfits by the National Phonograph Co.

WE FURTHER AGREE that we will not supply, either direotly or
indirectly, Edison Phonographs- or Edison Reoords to dealers who
do not adhere to above agreement, nor to dealers who are on your
* 'suspended list.''

Sign here _ __

We send you this AGREEMENT in duplicate. Please sign and
return one and keep the duplicate for reference.

[ENCLOSURE]

*/'

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fy/w March 25, 1899.

Howard W. Hayes, Esq.,

765 Broad Street,

Newark, N.J.

Dear Judge :-

Yours of 17th inst., rolating to assignments of
phonograph patents received. 1 recollected tho facts, but
to make it certain I had the Patent Office records looked up
On January 16th, 1896, Mr. Edison assigned to Mr.
Hardin as Receiver forty-four patents. On the same date,
Edison Phonograph Co. assigned to Kir. Hardin three patents.

On October 6th, 1896, Mr. Hardin assigned to National Phono¬
graph Company forty- four patents, and on tho same date, by a
second assignment, Mr. Hardin assigned to the National Phono¬
graph Company three patents. You will, thereforo, see that
the transfer. of tho patents was complete.

Your oompany holds an agreement with the North Amerioan
Phonograph Co. and. Jesse II. Lippincott, sole licensee of the American
Graphophone Co., by the terms of which your company is licensed to
conduct throughout the territory comprising the states of

the exclusive business of using and leasing phonographs and grapho-
phones and the sale of all appliances therefor, as well as the Bale and
disposition of such appliances pursuant to the terms,- instructions
and provisions as set forth in the said agreement, and in and by said
agreement, it is provided that the said Phonograph company and the
Graphophone company will deliver all such supplies and applianoes for
phonographs and graphophones during the continuance of suoh agree-
ment as may be called for by^your company at 6 certain price therein
fixed.

In or about the year 1893, the North American Phonograph Co.
under the presidency of Mr. Thomas A. Edison, entered into an agree¬
ment with your company whereby it agreed to pay you a certain percent¬
age upon the gross sales in your territory, thus acknowledging the
rights of your oorapany under the first mentioned oontraot.

Subsequently the said North Amerioan Phonograph Co. wont into
the hands of a receiver and all; its assets passed by purohase to
Thomas A. Edison. We are informed that the said Thomas A. Edison

( over

or Ms agents and the Graphophone company have established themselves
within the territory covered by your oontraot, and have engaged in
business therein in violation of the terms thereof, to yojar great
damage. They have also negleoted and Refused to manufacture and'
deliver instruments and appliances in connection th erewith in accord¬
ance with your repeated demands therefor, and have consequently com¬
mitted various breaches of the agreement in question to your great
damago .

This agreement together with supplemental agreements affeoting
the same. have been submitted to us for examination by you, and we have
also carefully examined the papers in a suit brought in the Circuit
Court of the United Statesfor the distriot of Massachusetts by the Amer¬
ican Graphophone Co. against the New England Phonograph Co. , with
which suit you are doubtless familiar. After careful perusal of
these papers, we have oome to the conclusion that .the Araerioan Graph¬
ophone Co. and Thomas A. Edison as successor to the North Araerioan
Phonograph Co., are liable in damages to your oorapany, and to the
other companies occupying the position of what are called sub-companies
acting h«der licenses from the American Graphophone Co. and the North
American Phonograph Co., and that this liability in our opinion is
perfectly clear and tindlspute4^e_,_

Very truly yours.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

EDISON LABORATORY,

• ORANGE, N. J.

ORANGE July 19> 1899>

The Biglow & Main co. , -

I. Allen Sankey, 3Ssq., Pres.,

13S Fifth Ave., Hew York.

• Dear sirs

Ref erring to our various conversations, as to our making up
for your account special records, made by Mr. Ira D. Sankey, my under¬
standing of this is as follows:

1st. You are to furnish us with first class accepted masters
without charge. These masters we will place in stock and hold subject
to your order, making no duplicates from same, except upon actual orders
from you so to do, the intention being to keep the masters in a safe
place and use them up to a point where they become so rough that fur¬
ther good duplicates oannot be made from same. Should it be found
necessary to make a stock of duplicates from any such masters, to be
held in stock, then in that case we will undertake to provide a suit¬
able stook room for the purpose, so that there will be little, if any§=
delay in filling orders that we may receive from you. We would also
add in connection with this that masters sometimes become damaged by
continuous handling, but we will of course use every precaution to
prevent damage or breakage, so far as it is possible to do so, Should
you decide at any time that you prefer to have masters made by ourselves,
we would be glad to furnish the necessary plant for the taking of such
masters, either in some portion of our plant here at West Orange, if. j.,
or at a suitable spot, to be selected by ourselves in New York city.

It is our intention to furnish you with the standard blanks or
records, the size of which is about 4 3/l6« in length by 2 3/16" in
_ the event of our making the masters, the recording and

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

EDISON LABORATORY, •

ORANGE, N.J.

ORANGE

The Biglow & Main Qo. (2) 7/19/99.

finishing of same, as also the manufacturing and finishing of the du¬
plicates of same, will be done in the best manner possible known to
ourselves.

2nd. The price to be charged you for these duplicate records will
be twenty-five cents (25/) each net, such price to cover all wrapping,
packing and boxing, f . o. b. Orange, II. J. , or in the event of your order
lng such duplicate records in not less than one barrel lots we will
undertake to deliver them at your place of business, Ho. 135 Fifth
Aye., 'Hew York,, without extra charge. If at the end of three months
from August 1st, 1899, your orders for duplicate records shall amount
in the aggregate to not les3 than ten thousand (10,000) duplicate
records, we will then make a net price to you of twenty cents (20/)
each on same, crediting you at the rate of five cents (5/) each for
all records shipped prior thereto. Terms of payment to be thirty days
net.

3rd. In the event of your placing any orders with us, it is
distinctly understood by us that all of these masters and all of the
duplicate records manufactured from same are your property and that we
will not dispose of or ship them to anybody, except upon proper author¬
ity from you so to do. In the event of the termination of this arrange¬
ment at any time and should we have any stock of such duplicate records
on hand, then in that case we are to have the option of shipping them
to you, charging them at the price above indicated.

4th. This arrangement can be terminated by either party upon

nationXi, PHONOGRAPH CO.,

t EDISON LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N.J.

ORANGE

The Biclow & Main Co. (3) 7/19/99. ..h—

ninety days written notice.

I think I have covered about all the points in this matter, but
if there fire any others that oocur to you, I should be vary ulad, of
course, to have you write me, and I feel certain that everything can be
straightened' out to our mutual satisfaction.

In conclusion I can only say that our intention is to furnish you
with these special records in exactly the same manner as we now furnish
our own particular type of records to dealers and the public chorally,
unless you decide to have different colored boxes, labels, etc., and
in that case the expense of furnishinc such boxes, etc., would necess¬
arily have to be assumed by you.

In order that you can go over this matter again carefully, I am
returning to you the form of agreement that you sent me, for compari¬
son.

Yours very truly,

vm/im

Enc-

President.

I take pleasure in acknowledging with thankB
the receipt of the model of the "Spectacle" Phonograph
presented by you, through the National Phonograph Com¬
pany, Orange, New Jersey, to the National Museum. It
is an exceedingly interesting addition to our collec¬
tions.

Yours respectfully,

(Accession 35337}.

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RECEIVED';
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Will you please send me a 1 istToT" 'CTe ’ Ma s t e r records
mads by my father, you have in your possession. I want to find
out how many records of each song I have up to date. The ones
we have made lately are 100# better than the first ones. I have
about 250 Masters here I have tested myself, and I wish you

1 will send you some time in the early part of next week
600j{ of those special boxes, w^had made, you to give us credit
for $3 .25 per 1000 when sold, also the labels to go dn them.

I saw Mr. Shattuolc yesterday and he told me about your
decision as to circulars. Thank you very much.

I am now advertising in religious papers whoSe combined

circulation is nearly eight hundred thousand, so; you may expect
business pretty soon. The AdS start Sept. 1st.

Could I see you here in the City Monday?

Yours sincerely,

[TO JOHN R. SCHERMERHORN?]

J. R. SV; ' '

- "T ‘ j 'Here is the arrangement with the Biglow* Main Co. Do

not'forget to answer. that letter to Mr. Sankey early next week, about
number iof master records that we have in stock, and you are to send
ima man for an additional quantity that he has on hand. We have got
.to make arrangements to carry this stock under lock and key, as we will
of- course be responsible for it once it comes into our possession. I pre
sume that you can arrange this, however. .

, 8/31/99.

W. E. 0.

West Ilth. 8t. N. Y. 400 of our special Boxes for the Sankey re¬
cords.

On Tuesday or Wednesday of next week we will send you
1000 more. Please take care of them. The crate of 1000 is re¬
turnable .

We also send you to-day by U. S. Express, 11.600 la¬
bels of each of our different records. Please label all the box¬
es with the different labels at once as we will send you an or¬
der for 600 records the first of next week, and we want to be
able to fill all orders at once.

Mr. Gilmore promised to send a man in here for the
balance of our master records, so please hurry up as we want you
to duplic ate them at once. Please take the best of care of
these masters as they cannot be replaced.

Yours Truly,

*V6ritables Jtppareils “Edison” d’J£m6rique

54, Faubourg Saint-Honor6,

INE PARLANTE “ EDISON "

h partirdc 40 frs.
jusqu'b 2,5oo frs.

Tous les cyllndrea de la
malson ont 6t6 impresslonnis
par les artistes, compositeurs et

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fc>-e-*ytuLjL. _

<££* ,-^€L

Adressc Titegraphique :

“GO^iVEREL, Paris. 11

"V £ritables JCppareils “ €{dison” d’£Cm6rique

54, Faubourg Saint-Honore,

National Phonoaraph Co.'s and Edison Manufacturing Co.’s Apparatus.

C. E. Stevens,

Edison Building,

44 Broad Street, New York, N. Y.

Thomas A.

EDISON’S

Phonographs,

Projecloscopes,
Original Films,
Kinetoscopes,

X Hay Apparatus,
Fan Motors,
Lalande Batteries,
Dental Outfits.
Surgical Outfits.

New York, N. Y., U. S. A.,
Sept. 2, 1899

Mr. w. E. Gilmore,

President National Phono. Co.,

Orange, N. J.

Dears, iir;

I am in receipt of your esteemed favor of the 1st inst.
enclosing order from Jambon & Co., Calcutta, India, also copy of your
letter. I will be glad to execute this order upon the conditions
mentioned therein, and instructions as to draft, etc;, will be care¬
fully carried out.

Thanking you for your kind interest in this matter, I am.

FREDK. D’A. GOOLD

54, Faubourg Saint- Honor6

S>ws, Slance 6th Sept. /99

Orange, Ni*- Jersey, U.S.M

See., An., &C. In this land of "make haste slowly" I am

still existing and gradually sizing up the situation.

Ooold has not opened as yet, waiting the arrival of
the last consignments of goods, which we expect will be delivered

I had a long and pleasant talk with the Pathe’s and
I can gather they are doing a very large business.

working on the line^ of selling quantities
eliminating qaetjUnW/'. Columbia are appare

i close margins and

eliminating quaJKrtHbjjf. Columbia are apparently doing but little.
Strange to say Pathe is buying large quantities of goods from
them, at the same time bearing tham no good will. As Pathe
puts it "Edison is a great man; Columbia, pooh! Edison Bell,
pooh! Pathe told me that they are employing about 900 hands
inclusive of 360 in their blank department. He quoted me
blanks at 6 cents f.o.b Paris in quantities of 50,000; films
of fine quality 24 Frs. or ^4.80 net. I shall endeavour to
send you samples of their films.

For your information, Pathe purchased from the United
States Co. 50 Edison Spring Motors at a low price.

F.D'A. GOOLD

Folio _ 2.

On these they have fitted duplicates of the Edison tops, manu¬
factured by themselves. I saw one, of these machines in their
private office but was unable to obtain the number.

They also stated to me that they received a quotation from
this same Company of 20 cents net on records.

I shall remain here long enough to get Ooold fairly
established. Nothing can be done here without French litera¬
ture, which it will be necessary to distribute thoroughly
throughout this country, and I am sure excellent results will
rqEu What I want to do is, work "ir^French business on the
same lines as I work my own - letting them all know theij; we are
established and are here for business.

Mr. Ooold intends to work for our Interest in his
own name, as you will see from the letter paper on which this is
written. But just at present business is very dull dealers
report, as pleasure at this time of the year is paramount.

I am disappointed in the time it takes to accomplish results
but in the end I am sure I will be rewarded.

I received to-day a letter from Pratt om the Edison
Bell Co. in relation to some Concerts and Gems and I expect to
return to London any day when advised of the return of the
Board of Directors.

Clark has quite an establishment here, but as far as
I can determine he has done no business, living in anticipa¬
tion thereof. I find that a great deal of m^/ business which
was apparently for France was in reality for the Continent,
goods being held in the Custom House here and re- shipped.

F.D'A. GOOLD Fo/fe-3 _

I therefore anticipate good results when I am able to move from
this point, but as stated before, I am anxious yto'sgeit this end
of it running smoothly before moving on. .u. -

By the way, it may be that the interesting litera¬
ture sent out by Prescott may interfere with my London arrange¬
ment.

I have been somewhat under the weather, but am now
feeling very well.

With kindest regards to you and yours, and remem¬
brances to Mr. Edison and my old friend John,

I am, /7

Yours very truly,

[FROM JOHN R. SCHERMERHORN]

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

EDISON LABORATORY,

' ORANGE, N.J.

ORANGE fiept. fi,1099,.

Biglow ft Main Co., . ‘"™

X. Allen Sankey, J!sq, , Pres., MraT,„„

135 Fifth Ave . , Jlew York .

Dear Sir:

Yon possibly are not av/are of the fact that v/e do not, put
labels on the oartons which we use;- that is done by the manufacturers
of the boxes. Can you not arrange with the people who are making your
boxes to label them? They can do it much more cheaply than we and do
a much more satisfactory job. If you could arrange to do so, it would
be a great accommodation to us, and also very much expedite the ship¬
ment of any orders that you may place with us.

V/e are not quite clear as to whether or not you have any more
masters at present ready for delivery; will you kindly advise us on
this point?

Yours very truly,

.JRS/lVW

Asst. General Manager.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

EDISON LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N.J.

ORANGE sept, n, ie90.

Blglow fa Main Co., - — -

X. Allen Sankey, Ksq., Pres.,

135 Fifth Ave^>, Hew York.

Dear Sir:

X duly received your letter of the 7th inst., and as I advised
you by phone, your letter of the 5th and the 144 records which you sent
at the same tiwe^also.

With respeot to the tickets such as we use and which we note you
are to supply, would make the following suggestion, that you also civs
your records a cataloeue number. It is rather difficult for us to mark
the name of the title on the outside of the box; our practice is to
simply put the cataloeue number thereon. I note that your small slips
number them from 1 to 20 consecutively. We are using the same catalogue
numbers, and I would suggest that you use a symbol as well as the number.
Por instance: the letter "8", and have the catalogue numbers read,

"8-1“,. ''8-2'', etc.

The 500 records which you have ordered are now being made, and we
will ship them to you just as quickly as vie can get them out and get the
boxes properly labelled. On this particular lot we will write tickets
for them. On further consideration, I think it advisable that v*> give
them catalogue numbers, as above suggested, and will instruct our people
to mark them accordingly; that is, using the letter "S" in front of
the number which you have on the slips sent me to-day. This will enable
you to readily locate the different records, without going to the trouble
of taking them out of the paper cartons.

NATIONAL PHONO'GRAPH CO.,

EDISON LABORATORY,
ORANQE.N.J.

ORANGE

B. A H. Co. (2) 9/0/99.

I find that we have a total of 199 master records now In stock,
list of which follows:

15- The Ninety and Nine

1G- Throw Out the Life Line
27- Raved by Grace

16- When the Mists Have Rolled Away

3- Faith is the Victory

11- Where is My Wondering Boy

9- A Shelter in tho Time of Storm
10- Nye Hath Not Seen

4- Safe in the Aims of Jesus
.15- True Hearted, Whole Hearted
10- On Calvary's Brow

5- Wonderful Words of Life

12- Under His Wines

9- There'll Be No Bark Valley
8- God be with you Till We Meet Aeain

4- Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By

6- The Homeland

2- The Mistake of Jfy Life

5- Shall’ You, Shall I?

4- My Jesus I love Thee.

4- Nearer My God to Thee
4- Almost Persuaded.

Yours very truly,

JRS/IWW

Asst. General Manager,

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General Manager Edison Laboratory,
Orange, New Jersey. U. S.A.

My dear Mr. Gilmore

I am in receipt of your favour of the 14th, and note en¬
closures. As to the German business I think that I have arranged
matters satisfactory so as vtd a'voi'd .anjr.:.tt*'ouble, the details of which
I will explain to you when 1 return. It was high time that something
was done here as the business is horibly cut up, local manufacturs
having taken advantage of the conditions hejre, and have thrown on
to the market all kind of chp.ap"' infringements. I will be sending you
in a day or two samples o'f ’-these machines, the prices vary

from 15 to 30 marks. I am not positive but I think that the largest
and best machine I am sending you sells for about $4.1 will advise
you definitely on this point when I receive the bill. The people here
T.& Co have done a great deal of advertising and have ■ promised to
exploit the business to the fullest extent gutting uM°on the road
and continuing to advertise on a large They are already rea¬

ping the benefits of advertising done and I expeit through them to
work up a large business. Since I have been abroad I Lam- convinced
that the only way business can be properly exploited is in hiving
an organization in the capital of the different countries. I have Wd
a number of engagements with Block and I expect to close with him in
a day or two for Russia, that is as head quarters for a Russian
business. It will be necessary however to extend to him 4 months cre¬
dit as he assures me that in order to do business extensively his
house is obliged to give 12 months to 2 years credit. In fact he is
receiving from some American manufacturers 12 to 18 months on their

goods. If I close with him which there is little doubt ai'out an "
important order will follow., -as he is prepared. to take a hold of ' :

the business .in an energetic way. ,1 am going to Hamburg tomorrow to
arrange about storing some goods and expect to leave for .Vienna in- ’
the next 3 or 4 days to. arrange, for the Austrian business.

I sincerely .hope that: you have been able to improve the
Gem and that you are prepared to supply Recorders with it, as the
machine as it. now stands- is. unpopular abroad on account of no ;

, recording apparatus. '

. - • , Mr.. .Block sen* kindest- regards to- Mr. ' Edi son. v • f »•

Referring. to. the- Edison bell matter inasmuch as you are now
"negodiating .with, -them direct -I shall discontinue negociations with' ""''''
them' until I am advised by you. to' the contrary: I came to a partial .
understanding with them and secured some orders, the stipulation
I made in connect! pr^w^h, the discounts given them was that I would
cooperate with them in the Extension of the business in Great Britain,
but that on the other hand they v/ere not to interfere with my trans¬
actions in the Colonies, and this arrangement 1 have no doubt would
or C0Jid have beeP, carried out had I the opportunity of meeting Lord
DenbyAwhom Pratt ^promised to make an appointment with me on my return
to London. The discounts for this agreement v/as 40 & 10. on phono¬
graphs excepting the Gem and on the Gem 40% and on Records and Blanks
50 and 5 all f.o.b. .Southampton. Of course you will understand
that you cannot expect to do much v/ith them in Standards, as Pratt
advised me that Moriarity saddled 10,000 of this type on them at. a
prohibitive price i.e. at a price which makes it impossible for them
to compete with me and they can never expect to do business on the
lines on which they are now waiting, as I have already advised you of
the prices asked by them for the different types of machines you
will understand my meaning. I expect to eventually work up a thorough
European. organization but I assure you it is not brought about in the
same rapid manner as at home, as business here seems to be secondary
to pleasure, however the world seems to rill on nevertheless. I have
no t been able to go into your letters and those from Judge Hayes as
they were just received. I will carefully peruse and digest the
different. subjects and will write you further. From letters that I
am receiving from Spain I expect to do some very important business
there when I get around to it.

With kindest regards to yourself and family and to my old
friend John and Mr.-sEaison,

I am,

Tours very truly

National Phonograph Co.’s and Edison Manufacturing Co.’s Apparatus.

C. E. Stevens,

Edison Building,

Broad Street, New York, N. Y.

Thomas A.

EDISON’S

Phonograph!,

Projectoscopei,
Original Films,
Klnetoscopes,

X Ray Apparatus,
Fan Motors,

Lalande Batteries^
Dental Outnts,
Surgical Outfits.

1899

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Daart.filiirj:,.

I bag to return herewith communication enclosed in
your favor of the S6th inst. ' This matter will receive my best
attention, and I will. be glad to forward the information desired.
Thanking you for your kindness, I am,

Very truly yours,

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Am Centrnl-Bahnhof „Friedrichstrasso“.

<a 13ez&t, c/en.. 1.2.th Oct , . 1899,

W. E Gilmore, Esq.,

General Manager Edison Labaratory
Orange, New Jersey.

My dear Mr, Gilmore: -

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind favors and note what
you say. about the Paris party and I can only say that I was decidedly
disappointed in the. man after close, acquaintance with his methods. .To
speak candidly I think he is troubled with a bad case of caraniuxPen-
largement and is inclined to give vent to visionary delusions. His prin¬
cipal ambition. and what he considers as essential to successful commer¬
cial business is in fitting up a small machine shop in which he devotes
his time and at the same time refusing to let his co-partners have any-
thing to do with the business or to employ any one who might be of use in
a commercial way. Before I left I plainly conveyed' to him in a diplo¬
matic way ray impressions. I was much surprised to find that he has quite
a stock of castings for the different types of machines, and that he has
in stock 35 crude Concert machines, they are really disgraceful speci¬
mens of workmanship. The castings are rough and unfinished, in fact they
look as if they v/ere made by a blacksmith* and the one I heard was very
defective in operation. However again to the business part I am in hopes
that he will awake to the. necessities of the moment and alter his methods.
As you will have been advised in previous letters I now have good represen¬
tatives working in Russia, Austria and Germany. The German people are
good hustlers, they are now advertising very extensively and are receiving
notices in the different local papers; 2 of which I enclose. They are doing
a very nice business now and are practically sold out of everything. I
have ordered some goods from Paris to help them out temporarily, and I

factured in Germany, but, the* greater parCware made in America;, and., the, . .

^Patents ,-Vfer e-; declared’, 070 id.,,; -I.am^alsdid^onried^that^sl{6'uid’'ari''act,i'or( belr“1,'J
tibrouEht they .Wi fcth ! & Co', in. their 6TO,’?naffl’e.',canr,hr’incr*"flhmit''7s/qin' t fnr

^ibroughtjthey .Wi'fethi&'Co. in.'their 6vm,?naffie,',canr bringu"about'';S-''sui t for ,
annul Intent , wife. Patents on the above point lit a cost of'Mk.300.- or $76."

I v/ill send you unda^r>js^pap^t^.,jpovejr;iall<|^Ji|e(,!3er(yan Patents as well as the
abstract above referred to. i am" to "see Wirth & Co. again today, as they
are investigating the various Patents in the Patent Office. It is indeed
quite a relief, to talk with intelligent lawyers, as the 2 I previously
consulted knew less about the business than myself. Patents in this
country run for*15«yesfrs from the date of Application and not from date
of Registration by the Government and an addition or improvement to a
master Patent expires with the master.

As to the Prescott matter I have been thoroughly convinced for
a long time that the fellow is crazy, and I have not taken enough interest
in the matter to read the interesting document. I am glad to hear that
Walter is handling the business all right. Mr. Be rgmann sends his kin¬
dest regards to Mr. Edison and yourself, nhe has been of considerable
service to me and seemed to take pleasure in it. He has a splendid fac¬
tory here, employing over a thousand hands, and has more work than can be
attended to, he is turning out splendid dynamos and motors, and his
business is increasing so rapidly, that he has found it necessary to
construct another new factory. His factory in run on the American plan
as tofWurs and Piecework, and consequently is turning out apparatus very
cheaply. .

I trust that this will find you enjoying your usual good health
and with kindest regards to Mr. Edison, yourself and John,

I c

Yours very truly

Am Centrd^ali|^i(||,-YFriedi4chstrasse‘‘.

W. E. Gilmore, Esq.,

General Manager the Edison’ Labaratory,
Orange, New Jersey. *
y dear Mr. Gilmove:-

y«,13tii Oct. 1899.

Mnioe .. * pending you under separate cover the Patents i.e.the

+ £»+iepn?f +he1ol^ntsJrcrnAoed to in a Previous letter. You will notice
SepLf 1f0cL^Sd 05008 "* void- Patent 12631 has been void since
These^frtftnl1^5?^08 fln°e 1894’ as+n0 taxes were paid on either Patents,
i e ^tollwerk** Pat nts were never transferred to the Deutsche Edison,

Yours very truly

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO..

135 FIFTH AVENUE,
Corner a! 20th Street.

NEW YORK.

NEW YORK Oot. 16, 1899.
. 0. H. W. .

flow England Phono. Co.,

Boston, Mass.

Dear Slrs:-

On and after November 1st, the list price of Edison Concert
Phonographs will be $100.00, Edison Concert slot Phonographs $150.00, and
Edison Concert Records $2.50 each, subject to same discounts as now
quoted.

We give you this advance notice that you may put forth extra
efforts to dispose of your present stock, before reduction in price takes
effect.

All orders shipped prior to November 1st will be invoiced at
present prices; those shipped after that date at the new prices.

Order for immediate shipment to meet your actual requirements

only.

Anticipate your future wants arid place your orders for future
delivery at once.

Yours very truly |

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY,

.OAVEREL PARIS

FREDK. D’A. QOOLD

54, Faubourg Saint-Honor6

i 17-th.. Gct-./99_ .

-gsrj*”*1* i : q(';ii - j

National Phonograph Co’,s
Gbnuinh Ambimcan Apparatus

Kikktoscopbs

My dear Gilmore:

I suppose you are aware that our friend
Bettini is at present sojourning in Paris,
and you know probably that he came over with the
intention of trying to form a Company; but it way
be news to you that he has succeeded, as per the
enclosed.

Perhaps I had better say that he has "almost "
succeeded , as they are trying now to float the
Company and get the Capital subscribed.

You will notice in their subscription list that they are
forming a Company for "Apparatus Bettini & Edison."

What right have they to use the word "Edison?" I think that
Edison's name ought to be withdrawn, or rather that he should not
allow his name to be used so freely. Every little petty-fogging
place which sells any kind of talking machine is a "Maison Edison."

Referring to 3ettini & Co. again - the employment of the
Capital I think you will d'dini-Ve a go od deal of amusement from.

I have marked in the margin roughly the figures which are allowed
and the Machines which they are putting down. You see they are
going to make Records, and their Pianos must be first-cldss as
they pay $500 a piece for them.

TWO AMERICAN CABLES FROM NEW YORK TO GREAT BRITAIN.
CONNECTS also with FOUR ANCLO-AMER1CAN and ONE DIRECT U. S. ATLANTIC CABLES.

DIRECT CABLE COMMUNICATION WITH CERMANY AND FRANCE.

CABLE CONNECTION with CUBA, WEST INDIES, MEXICO CENTRAL andSOUTH AMERICA.

MESSAGES SENT TO, AND RECEIVED FROM, ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.

OPPIOBS X3XT AMERICA!

All Offices (20,000) of the Western Union Telegraph Company and its Connections. '

mcyvT buxtaikt: ^ 2°

LIVERPOOL : AB Exchange Buildings.

Am Centrnl;'Bahivhqi\yi?rie(ii'iQhstrasse,<.

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L A . dm .S.O.t.h....O.Q.t,...J,899,.. .

W. E. Gilmore, Esq., General Manager
Edison Laboratpry,

Orange, New Jersey. U.S.A.

% dear Mr. Gilmore,

Tour kind letter of the 2nd is received, and I am very
glad that you found time to write me so fully on the different subjects.

I have not seen the London parties a second time, and have therefore
nothing further to report. I cabled you today „to the effect that I quo¬
ted them 40 and 10 on Phonos, excepting Genisx40% on Gemsj50 & 5 on Re¬
cords and Blanks, excepting Concerts, and 40 and 5 on Concert, Records
& Blanks, all f.o.h. Southampton. I note what you say about the new Gem,
and I await, with interest the arrival of sample. I am very glad to hear
that business is booming, and trust that it may continue to do so. The
German Co. did serve notice on the Columbia Co., but that was all there’
v/as of it. Columbia have opened another store on Friedrichstrasse, you
can therefore see that they are here for business, and in this connec¬

tion I am thoroughly convinced that a branch of myr business should be

"'fflermanently establ'i'sli^d with either imyseifi6r :Bro'ther in chatgey^

i- asi Berlin is the Nev/ York of Europe and is the head-quarters for'alT" w ’■
0EHroppan merchants. T^«g^iT^p^eth'er.,^ift^dtha,.£r.e'e:.port ai, Hamburg " ’ ’
maiKps^it; an idea! business’’ .center,' : art.d it.-i.s possible fromithis point
,?£p keep- dr. touch v/ith;> Europe and . the East'. .Rents’ are very reasonable :

■- here [and,:it -is .necessary that a smal’l.-.Record - making’ plantbe ’-.establ i shfe'd"
^t.pllina1ce i'German> French^ vRussian, - and :ltalran: <v6cal:i:Remords,'fvas?v/e are
seriously handicapped? in this respect' ' at t!hV. present - tiraev.AOf course

your instrumental PeoQKd?{;fi!lli^heil.,b^l;!i;n..itll3£^ (iyne. The competition is
now very fierce in Europe and from the aggressive stand taken by our
chief competitors, .^ij^is absolutely necessary that we too must be ag¬
gressive and endeavour to meet conditions as they exist. An office here

could take care of the business in Europe and the East, v/hile the New-
Ajl

York end^votes its attention to the South American, Mexican and the
Southern Colony business;with an Office here it would be possible to
exploit the full line of Edison Apparatus, and th place promptly on the
market such new Apparatus as may appear. Labor is very cheap here and a
Branch could be run at a very moderate expense. All concerns of any re¬
putation in the States have Branch offices. here^ apd there are more
Americans located here permanently than in cSdfeary^larger cities in
Europe put together. I have studied the situation very carefully in Eu¬
rope and the deductions above are in my mind practical and necessary, and
I will be glad to have your comment. I have written Goold today that the
further carrying of goods on consignments in bond at Antwerp is imprac¬
tical, and requesting him to kindly place orders in a firm way for Such
goods as he may desire at this point, as I have found, taking into con¬
sideration the liberal discount of which we are supplying him, that there
is no profit for me in this mode of doing business, as in the end

e ^ sputes -about freight' chargesj-.stbrage,' insurance;" and- ,'’'lcr"

transportation charges from the-steamer to the Custom House and'-Vlbi^
'^ersa, furthermore as. .tijaiprppriilii pent- iOftgoods ; from these points-'''™-'"’'’
depends solely upon t|e; acq itsy o? the forwarding age it--, all kinds of'
’mistakes are liable to’ occur, that will require adjustement' at consideo-
allo expense. I n'eyer was' .very much ir. love with consignment business', '
0?P.d ^trbiliKithat; you’.; will agree T/i.th.;me, from- your experience. ! I expected
to be in Kopenhagen before, .this* but- have been aetained some few days
in interesting^ffianuf^cturjw^.;agen,ti,,.,wh1o|).is|,ltp(.travel extensively in the
East,

1 trust ^th^ this will find you enjoying good health and with

Kindly present my respects to Mr. Edison.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

EDISON LABORATORY,

ORANGEoctober 23,-' 1899

COPY

Chas. H. Patrick, Esq. ,

c/o Cuthbert, Menzies & Co.,

25 Pine St., New York.

Dear Sir:-

Vfe write to advise that the material called for on order #473,
Edison Bell Consolidated Phono. Corp. Ltd., and also the extra parts,
of which you send us a typewritten list, has go ne forward with the
following exceptions:

The item of 100 Governor Pinions has been filled by shipping
100 Governor Shafts and Pinions assembled.

The 25 Governor Shafts we have cancelled. This is due to the
fact that the pinions are cut after they are forced on the shaft and
it is therefore impossible to furnish them un-assembled.

Will you kindly convey this information to the Edison Bell
Consolidated Phono. Corp. Ltd., and oblige.

Yours very truly.

JRS/CHS

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54, Faubourg Saint-Honord

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C. E. St evens Esq.,

82. Ritterstrasse,

BERLIN.

Dear Sir:

I beg to acknowledge, receipt of your two
cablegrams, as per enclosed copies, and in reply
beg to say that I have forwarded you the four
Code books asked for.

You ask in your second cable - "Why more
"goods on consignment?"

Because I need them for my business.

There seems to be some little mistake floating around in
your mind about my arrangements here. It might be as well if
I were to endeavour to throw some light upon it and clear it up
from my point of view.

My arrangements for representing the Edison interests in
Prance were made personally aid directly with Mr. Edison and
Mr. Gilmore, and I recognise no one’s right outside of these two
people to question my orders or my way of doing business.

That my orders go through your office in New York, must not
lead you to suppose that this is a Branch of that place.

I am entirely free and independent here, and as I said before,
will not brook interference in my business from anyone save and
except Mr. Edison or Mr. Gilmore.

Stevens Esq., Berlin.

It is possible in the hurry of leaving you did not make
yourself fully aware of the arrangement s then existing.

Whilst I shall be pleased at any time to assist you in any
way of business, and meet you socially with every good feeling,
you must understand that there are timeB that I do not brook
interference or give explanations where none are necessary.

STOCK AT ANTWERP: Please let me have full list of stock now at
Antwerp, and notify me if you are drawing from it.

1 Enclosure.

national PHONOGRAPH CO..

NEW YORK October 34th, 1899

LIST OF SUSPENDED DEALERS
Superseding all previous lists.

N. Y. , New York— F. M. Prescott, 44 Broad St., New York

"IT^.X^ls^he^ either in

SambornastW,CChioa|o **£?”*> N‘ City & 167 Dear-
EagN. Yh0n°graPh C°-' °r Bowenthal, 83 Nassau St.,
Empire Phonograph Co., 3 West 14th St w v
Union Office Supply Co., si Nas^u St ,' N.' Y.’ °ity'
nark Row Bl0y°le Co., 33 Park Row N Y
E H °V N- Y- City and Chicago, in!

H. H. Macy Co. , New York City.

s' Wo5ld B«ilding, New York City

S. Lemberg & Co., I94 Broadway, New York City'

3«.»"'.Y°X' 0",*""*“” *>•. 106 Vail

“3.; "■■<>** »• V., also. Phil.-

Brookport — Jacob Popp, Brockport, N Y
Brooklyn Wm. Staats, 499 Flushing Ave . , Brooklyn L I
p T _ , , Matthews Bros., Fulton St., Brooklyn L I*

R. I., Providence — F. P. Moore, Providence, R. I. Y '

The Arcade Co., Providenoe, R. 1.

Williams & Rankin, Providenoe, R. 1.

Allen Co., Providenoe, R. I.

Newport— Neil McLennon, 196 Thomas St., Newooi-t p t
Conn., Hartford— Sawyer Dry Goods Co., Hartford Conn ‘ '

Mass., Fall River — The Foster Co., Fall River Mass

Penn., Philadelphia-Hawthorne & Sheble, 604 Chestnut ‘st. Phila pa

Esohers jKusio Store, 1343 Grand Ave pm1d ' l
Soranton— Scranton Novelty Co , Scranton, PaJ " PhU ' Pa>

K. A. Weiohell, Scranton, Pa.

Tur 1 1 e^ r e ek Rob^r I^Hi^l i ^ lkensburg* ^ Wi lme r dJLng°n Pa^'

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Wis., Milwaukee-Philip Kalt, 445 East Water St., Wis.

SUPPLY ANY ^/“tHE^E “dEALE^^ITH OTR APPA^VTUB MUTUAL G°°D’ by refuaing t°
nowledgment .ill „ lhst yo

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

C. H. WILSON,

Manager of Sales.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

136 FIFTH AVENUE,
Corner of 20th Street.

to NEW YORK.

New England Phono Co.

120 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Dear Sirs:-

We are about to issue a oomplete and up-to-date Hand¬
book of the Phonograph; table of contents on page 47 of # 77
reoord list enclosed. It will oontain about 150 pages, good
paper, clear type, and is bound in buckram with stiff covers.

It tells the tale of the Phonograph, both past and present. It
gives a history of the events that lea up to the invention, the
story of the invention itself, and desoribes the perfected
Phonograph of to-day. It is illustrated wherever the text calls
for a piotured interpretation. It contains also a re-print of
the Openeer Papers, demonstrating the pleasures of Phonograph
ownership, and the various uses to whioh the PHONOGRAPH may be
applied.

IT WILL RETAIL for $1.00; discount- to the trade, 33 1-3#.

AN ADVANCE ORDER for 20 oopies oarries with it an extra
oash discount of 10#. The Advance Order Discount will be with¬
drawn after first shipments of advance orders are made. For an
advance Order for 100 oopies, in addition to this oash discount,
we will print on the title page in red, "100 oopies imprinted
expressly for (your name)."

YOUR EARLY ORDERS will insure prompt attention.

Yours truly,

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.

C. H. Wilson,

Manager of Sales.

P.S. The price on #77 reoord lists, with your imprint, is our
cost; $10.00 per 1,000. In lots of 2,000 or over, we bill them
at HALF COST, i.e., $5.00 per 1,000.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,

EDISON LABORATORY,
ORANCE, N. J.

ORANGE 10-26 1899

COPY

C. H Patl'iok, Esq. ,

25 Pina St., N. Y.

Pear Sir:-

V.re have shipped to yon the following attachments, which are
to he used for making records:

6 Diaphragms, or Recorders

1 Special Concert Arm

1 Special Regular Arm

The special arms can be attached to the standard back-rod
sleeves. I understand that there was but one device for attaching the
horn and for holding the recorder sent you. This, however, is lnter-
changable and can be used on either the Concert bracket or arm of the
regular bracket or arm. The operator can very readily see how the
diaphragm or recorder is connected to this special device or top, as we
sometimes call it. You can also transmit the following general direc¬
tions to your people;

The top is so arranged that it can slide up or down on the arm
or bracket, thus making the recorder hang horizontally or perpendicular¬
ly and thereby whanging the angle of the needle or recording sapphire.

No fixed position can be given for the diaphragm; it will have to be
adjusted according to the results obtained from each individual operator.
You will also note that there are some copper washers stuck to the top
of the diaphragm. These washers are added as weights, so as to make
the recorder cut more deeply. This is also another point on which no

given instructions can be sent. The amount of weight necessary will he
determined by experiment and will depend upon the same conditions as
enumerated with respect to the horizontal and perpendicular position.
They will also discover that as more weight is used there will result
more scratching or grating in the recording. When this becomes too
pronounced it will be necessary to reduce the weight on the diaphragm;
that is, remove the washers.

We think that these few remarks will enable you to obtain
satisfactory results.

Yours very truly

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GOAVEREL PARIS

FREDK. D’A. GOOLD

54, Faubourg- Saint-HonorA

0. E. Stevens Esq. ,

82. Ritterstrasse

B E R L(jUC

My dear Sir

<^Ws, Stance - 26th_Qct,_/99 JJ'

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Genuine American Apparatus

ra favored with yours of the 24th inst. and
note fully what you say.

I was certainly latterly under the impression
that there must be some mistake as to your informa-
tion, and regret that under these circumstances
any friction should have arisen between us.

I trust that for the future we shall be able
to jog along without finding the road too narrow
for us both to travel in the same pathway. And,
ny other letter, I am at all times only too glad and
willing to be of any assistance to you over here when I can.

Anything that I have said or written must be taken from a
purely business point of view, as X have no personal feelings of
animosity in the matter.

LETTERS: I beg to advise you that I re-registered one letter to you
to-day, and now enclose you another, which I trust you will get in
due course.

Trusting that you are doing the large business which you an¬
ticipated.

I am.

My Dear Gilmore:

Plh&n .

HAYES A LAMBERT,

• )£sLi^ X-

Wl''

NEWARK, N. J., Qulir-TM:, 1899.

I enclose sane draft letters that may do some¬
thing to meet the situation in the British Colonies. If representa¬
tives of the Edison Bell people are here it would do no harm to
take up with them my letter to T. A. E. and draft of letter from
the Works to the English Company. If they will not fight the graph-
ophone it will help business a good deal to get their local counsel
(or our own) to stir up dealers in graphophones with letters and,
if necessary (Start some suits on the English patents . If the Edi-
son-Bell will not permit them to be brou^vt in their name the Works
could bring them in their own name or would have the right to ubs
the Edison Bell name even without their permission. 1 think it
would be well for Edison to answer Lane'B letter personally as in¬

dicated.

Yours

1'-’ v

Win. E. Gilmore Esq.,

National Phonograph Co.,

' Orange, N. J.

[ENCLOSURE]

Nov. 2, 1899

Draft of letter from Mr. Ediscm to William H« H. Lane.

Dear Sir:

I am in receipt of your favor of June 21st last and in
reply would thank you for the trouble you have taken and the infor¬
mation you have afforded me, I will place the matter you refer to
before the oanpanieB interested in the manufacture and sale of
Phonographs and supplies in Australia. In the meantime, I would
deem it a favor if you would give me further information as to the
doings of the Columbia Phonograph Co. of which you speak. Can you
get and send me one of the letters which you say the Columbia Pho"
nograph Co. gives to dealers, stating that they are at liberty to
sell in New South Wales without Patent Litigation. I would also
like very much to know the names and addresses of the firms who ad¬
vertise that those buying Columbia Graphophones will thereby avoid
Patent Litigation.

Yours truly,

[ENCLOSURE]

Draft of letter from E. P. W. to Edison Bell Co.

y'' We are reliably informed that throughout Cape Colony, Austra¬
lia and New Zealand The Columbia Phonograph Company of the United
States, the selling a^nts of the American Graphophone Company, are
openly selling graphophones supplies and records and that their
representatives advertise that purchasers and users of such goods
will not be subject to patent litigation. As you know we are equal
ly interested with you in this field, having the exclusive right to
manufacture both phonographs and graphophones for use there. This
unrestricted sale therefore of graphophones and supplies in viola¬
tion of the patents controlled by you is a direct injury to us.

We therefore request you at once to notify all suoh violators to
stop and, on their failure to do so, to begin appropriate legal
proceedings against them. On your failure so to do we shall hold
you liable for all damages and will feel at liberty to institute
suoh legal proceedings on our behalf in your name,

[ENCLOSURE]

; - • NEWARKfJJI. J.t Nov. 2, 1899

Thomas A. Edison Esq., ' j

i !■>’<■ 'J.-:. ! Sfi<> i

Dear Sir: i !

In reply to your inquiry-as'-'tb-'tKe status of affairs
in the British Colonies of Cape Colony, Australia and New Zealand,
and the right of the Columbia Phonograph Company to sell grapho¬
phones and supplies there, and what remedy the Edis on Phonograph
Works have in the premises; I v/ould say that ’from inquiries I have
made 1 learn that the Columbia Phonograph Company as general sales
agent of the Co. are selling large quantities- <ff

graphophones and supplies in those Colonies without interference,
and advertise that they have a perfect right so to do.

This is of course a serious injury to the Edison Phonograph
Works. By its contract with the Edison United Phonograph Company
The Edison Phonograph Works received the right to manufacture both
Phonographs and Graphophones for use Abroad, and the sale of these
graphophones which compete with the Phonograph not only lessen the
number of phonographs which should be sold by the English Company,
and manufacture d/£or it by the Edison Works, but also deprive the
Works of the profit it would derive from the manufacture of such
graphophones. The relinquishment by the Works of the exclusive
right to manufacture phonographs and graphophones in Great Britain
and Ireland did not affect its right in the British Colonies above

[ENCLOSURE]

mentioned* Its rights there remain unimpaired.

It certainly is Hie duty of the Edison Bell Company to warn
all users and sellers of graphophones in those Colonies that they
are infringing the patents controlled by that corporation, and on
the failure of such infringe™ to desist, to bring suit against them*
I enclose a draft of a letter to the Edison Bell Co., requesting
them t© perform this duty. If they neglect or refhse to do so, the
Works may undertake to prevent this illegal use and sale of grapho-
phone®, and in a ny litigation rendered necessary to protect its
rights may use the name of the Edison Bell Phonograph Company, even
without their permission.

Yours truly.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO

135 FIFTH AVENUE,

"r new” YORK. "'COMr

N. K. Phono Co.,

Boston, Mass.

Gentlemen: -

A olrcular notice has been sent out to the trade in the
State of Ohio and elsewhere by the so-called "Edison Phonograph Company"
olaiming to be the exolusive lipensee under the phonograph patents of
Thomas A. Edison, warning all persons ..using, buying or selling Edison
Phonographs, records and supplies within the Btate of Ohio, without
its consent, that they hereby render themselves liable for damages.

In the notice reference is also made to litigation pending between
James L. Andem and the National' Phonograph Co.

While as a rule we do not talce any notice of groundless state¬
ments of this j£ind, we deem it our duty in this case to save our custo¬
mers from annoyance by putting them in possession of the actual faots.
Neither the so-called "Edson Phonograph Company" , nor James L. Andem,
has any exolusive right or contraot of any Sind with regard to phono¬
graphs or supplies, and cannot in any way interfere with the full, free
and unrestricted use and sale of all phonographs apd supplies purchased
from us. If any attempt is made to annoy any of our oustomers by
me£ns of legal proceedings, we will conduct the defense of any Buch
aotion and guarantee our oustomers against any expense, loss or damages
in the matter. The litigation referred tp in the circular of the
so-oalled "Edison Phonograph Company", is a suit brought by us against
Mr. Andem to collect an outstanding bill of considerable size for phono¬
graphs and supplies purchased by him from us, and not paid for. He is
attempting to delay the collection of -the olaim by setting up ficti¬
tious damages whioh he olaims under oertain alleged oontraots. The
matter will sopn be determined, and oan have but one result, viz: That
Mr. Andem' s olaim is baseless.

November 6, 1899.

Yours very truly,

NATIONAL PHONC

Vfr a. H. H. Lane , Esq. ,

C/o W. H. H. Lane a Co.,

Sydney, K. s. W. , Australia.

Bear Sir:

Under date of June 21st you wrote me a very interesting and
gratifying' letter, as to the condition of the phonograph and graphophone
business in Sydney. The letter was received here during July, but in
some way it became mislaid; it was subsequently found and the entire
matter was turned over to my attorneys so that they could look into it,
and my people have been looking into the matter from a legal standpoint
ever since, but as yet have not secured an opinion that is entirely
satisfactory to me. Howevr, at this late day I desire to thank you
very much for the trouble that you have taken and for the information
you hnv" given me. I have placed the matters you refer to before the
Companies who are interested in the manufacture and sale of phonographs
and supplies in Australia, but as yet have not heard fully from them.

In the meantime, I would deem it a further favor if you would give me
some additional information as to the doings of the Columbia Phonograph
Co. , of which you speak. Could you obtain and send me one of the let¬
ters which you state the Columbia Co. give to dealers, stating that they
are at liberty to sell their apparatus in Hew South Wales without patent
litigation. I would also consider it an expeclal favor if you could at
the same time let me know the names and addresses of the different firms
who advertise that those who purchase Columbia graphophones will thereby

Too. H.H.L. (2) 11/13/99.

avoid avoid patent litigation. In fact, any further information that
you can give me on this general subject will be very much appreciated,
and I only h >pe that at some future time I shall have the pleasure of
reciprocating the favor.

Again thanking you for the interest you have token in this matter,

believe me,

Yours very truly,

[ENCLOSURE]

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Edlson-Boll Consolidated Phonograph no.. Ltd.,

39 Chorine Cross Rood,

London, o., England.

Dear Sirs:

We are reliably informed that throughout Cape Colony,
Australia and ??ew Zealand the Columbia Phonograph Co. of the United
States, the selling agents of the American Craphophone Co. , are openly
selling graphophones, supplies and records, and that their representa¬
tives advertise that purchasers and users of such goods will not be
subject to patent litigation. As you know, wo are equally interested
with you in this field, having the exclusive right to manufacture both
phonographs and graphophones for use there. This unrestricted sale,
therefore, of graphophones and supplies in violation of the patents
controlled by you is a direct injury to us. We therefore request you
to at once notify all such violators to stop and, on their failure to
do so, to begin appropriate legal proceedings against them. On your
failure to do so, we shall hold you liable for all damages and will fool
at liberty to institute such legal proce ’dings on our behalf in your
namo.

Yours very truly.

WEG/lWW

General Manager.

HAYES & LAMBERT,

PjLcrK

NEWARK, N. J. Nov. 20th. , 1899.

National Phonograph Company, •> ( . '•

Orange, N. J. j p,,. ,j|^ j

Dear Sir:- .... .

In reply to your favor of the 17th.inst.in regard to the com¬
pany about to be started in Paris by Bettini, I would say that I do not
see how at present Mr. Edison can object to Bettini advertising that he
will sell Edison apparatus. He of course, would be able to purchase
the genuine Edison apparatus either in this country or in England and
sell them in Paris, and theoretically we have no grounds for saying that
he does not intend to do so. If, however, after he has started his
business, he advertises that he sells Edison apparatus when he does not,
Mr. Edison could at once prevent the use of his name. If it would help
Goold, there would be no objection to your cabling to one of the French
papers in Mr. Edison's name, that he has heard that Bettini connects his
(Edison's) name with the Company he proposes to organize, and that Mr.
Edison has not authorized him to do so ijj any way, and has no connection
with the concern.

I return the enclosures.

Yours truly,

ENCLOSURE*/’

[ATTACHMENT!

COIIPAGNII »ES IIICRO-PMOGIUPUES BETTINI

SOCIETE ANONYME EN VOIE DE FORMATION

Sf^-GE f>f(OYJS-Oiff£ : 27, Avenue de l’Opera

Appareils Bettini & Edison

PLAN FINANCIER

Capital, divisc cn 12.000 actions dc 100 francs chncunc .

II cst, cn outre, crce 1 .500 parts bcncliciaircs.

Emi'i.oi du Capital : Dcvis pour installations, stock dc machines, fonds di

dc constitution, etc. (dont detail ci-nprAs) .

Apporls. brevets, etudes .

Lcs apporls sc diviscnl commc suit :

250.000 francs en cspAccs, ct 150.000 francs cn actions.
Lc capital A souscrirc sera done dc .

REPARTITION DES BENEFICES

— 5 A la reserve liignlc.

— Somme suftlsantc pour servir mix actions un intcret cumulatif dc 0 «/,, l'an.

Sur le surplus :

— Fonds de reserve ou d'nmorlisscmcnt pouvnnt montcr jusqu'A 10 <*/„.

— 15%, au Conscil d’ Administration, nvee droit, pour cc dernier, d’en nppliquer 5 «/„,•, in direction.
Sur le surplus :

U nux actions, ct -10 %, mix parts benellcimrcs.

EIV1PLOI DU CAPITAL

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Installation :

doubler ct leur installation

Electric machines M .

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S"."7K. 20 Machines triple spring motor. .

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300.000

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21 Juillct ct 22 Septembre dc cette amice, se monte, pour lcs diapbragmes Bettini scuts cl lcs rouleaux
enregistrAs, A 60.000 Irancs environ.

II y a done lieu d’njoutcr A ce cliilTrc, pour sc rendre comptc des affaires qui pourront ctre rcnlisAcs
par la future Societc, lcs deux nouvcllcs machines spccialcs Bettini qui scront fabriquecs par cite.

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scnsiblcment plus tSlcvd dans le cournnt de l'nnncc dc l'Exposition dc 1900, ou M. Bettini exposern nux
sections Amiricnine ct llalicnnc.

Ln future Societc s’est assure lc concours de M. Bettini, qui a accepts lcs Tonctions d’Adminis-
trntcur-Directeur.

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CQ., .

Edison laboratory,

ORANGE, N. J,

ORANGE Hov. 23, 1099.

A. Allen Sankey, Ksq., - , -

c/o Biclow A Main co. ,

136 Fifth Ave . , Mew York.

My dear Mr. Sankey:

Referring to ray letter of even date, quo tine you a
not price of twenty cents (20 <0 each on Sankey records the seune as
those heretofore furnished, I desire to confirm the further understand¬
ing that in the event of your orders reaching a total of ten thousand
(10,000) prior to, say May 1st, 1900, we will make you a further rebate
of two cents (2<0 each on all of these special records heretofore or
hereafter to be furnished.

Trusting that this is exactly in accordance with your understanding,
and that tin lower price will enable you to secure a very much larger
volume of business, bolieve me,

Yours very truly.

YffiO/lW

President.

Westee:'

Note the special rebate I have quoted Mr. I. Allen Sankey
of the Biglow & Main Co. when they will have taken 10,000 of their
particular type of records. This should be kept confidential and should
go no, further, as if this rebate is rendered it will have to be figured
specially.

11/22/99. W. E. 5.

Enc-

[ATTACHMENT]

H ‘FANCY GOODS DEPOT. ’5

i WALTER DAVIES, |

Jf • BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, 41

1} NEWS VENDOR & ADVERTISING AGENT, jK
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<^4 “ARGUS ” AGENCY. c£?

take an early opportunity to make your acquaintance.

Meantime he will be pleased to reply to enquiries, or attend to any business of the Company which
arise, or dealers can communicate direct to our head office in London.

The Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Coy., Ltd.,

39 CHARINd CROSS ROAD, LONDON;

Dear Sir,

Your favors of Novr. 1 i. _ ... _ _ _ _

what you say about the Edison Bell Company not having "any'legal
right to prevent the use of machines sold by you, but meanwhile
they are demanding and receiving a Royalty up to 15 per ceht
on the selling price of all Phonograph and Graphophone goods
and apparently their claim here is a good -one as -the Patents*
were duly registered years ago and have recently been legally
assigned to Trustees representing the Edison Bell Company,

You can auite understand that that we are slow to commence the
defence of our position in the Court as the costs would probably
very soon run up to £500 or £600, and in the event of ourwlnning'
we would only have been fighting for a number of Jews and out¬
side sharks who ar.e selling goods at any price they can get and
completely demoralising the trade. Some of the' dealers here
will not .combine, and if they did would only be held so dong as
it suited them. Ur Willoughby and ourselves have always worked
very amicably hut all the others in this city who have gone into
the talking machine business at all, have adopted tactics totally
unworthy of decent men. The Edison feell Co has adopted the pe- '
^ tarv?lan of only worrying the larger firms, with the result
tnat wiule 4 or 5 of U3 are being compelled to pay royalty

°iT ^ftee? outsiders are smuggling in goods ahd selling them
liuietly at ridiculously low prices to our customers. The whole
position is exasperating to such a degree that we have almost
UP retire -from the business in any lines over

which this English Co has any claims, rather, than be subjected
to continual harras3ing. We do not know whether Mr Willoughby

Som™ Vi” M°£PWhe pr90ious ’’Agreement" put forth by the
Company and which all dealers, are supposed to sign, but it con,,
tdips a number of clauses of. ,a most irritating nature - for
instance in the first place we have to submit a list of our
stocks and sales with fun particulars ana substantiate this
aSw^h ? a atftutory declaration, and in addition have- to
aiioj the Company's agent to overhaul our books and examine
all documnts. .Meanwhile we have rio guarantee thS the

information tha obtained will not be used to our detri¬
ment. Then the Co's representative a Mr Chamberlain •
prints and publishes a circular quoting the prices of
machines etc. and stating that the maximum discount to tte
trade on orders of not less than 12 machines is 10 per cent, so
that any person can. buy one machine within 10 per cent of the
price of which large dealers like ourselves oan purchase a line
thus leaving a margin of only 10 per cent which will not pay for
advertising. In our opinion the business is destroyed save for
small dealers with a stock of 2 machines -and 100 records An
English barrister naadd s. L. l,atham. ha&been in these colonies
for over 6 month3 as the represent ative of the Edison Bell Co.
and has succeeded in our opinion In utterly ruining the trade*
both for dealers here and for his 'Company. We understand he’
is now on his way to America and no doubt he will call upon you
and we tru3t?you will give him a reception worthy of him.

We are wri'ti^g rather fully to you - in strict confidence _ and
may mention that so far we have managed to avoid actually payiig
over any cash but it is quite evident that we' will be forced to
do so very shortly . We had hoped to have sent you some very
large orders, but that must stand over for the present , man-
while we have not ordered one cents worth from the English Co
nor have we any intention of so doing, as- they We ruined our
business after we have spent years of hard work in building
it up, and worse than all by their methods they seem determined
to hamper the large importer and to favor the smal 1 pettifoggijg
dealer. Will be glad to hear from you fully on this matter
as it means to you the loss of the whole of our business and
also that of others. - *

Rogarding the Coin^Slot Graphophon© 8 we await youx*
advices Gramophone Order sent to .you last mail, we trust has
been shipped as we require the stocks. P.M. Prescott has written
tp parties'^ offering gO per cent discount off the $25 Gramo
?5 C0nta each* Is hs still the sole Ex¬
port Agent for the national Gramophone Company?

With kind regards.

Yours very truly. /'

Dear Mr. Edison, -

In regard to your suggestion of forming a small
company to do business by renting phonographs for dictation pur¬
poses, I find on enquiry that the Graphophone Company has a very
active department engaged on the work of selling graphophones for
dictation purposes. They keep one or more men subject to call
to adjust and repair machines in the offices; so far they have
made no charge for this service. I have examined the outfit
they furnish for the work. The machine is a special machine.

Its mandrel is inches long, and the blank is 6 inches, and

somewhat thicker than the regular blanks, outside diameter about
23/8 inches. The mandrel is thrown in and out by a clutch, so
that in stopping, the recorder or reproducer is not lifted off
the surface. 100 threads to the inch. Speed from 80 to 100
revolutions; 80 revolutions seems about the lowest that the ma¬
chine will run at without the governor stopping the motor. My
acquaintance who has one of these . outfits records at 100 revolu¬
tions and reproduces at 80 revolutions. The shaving machine is
separate. It is worked by a treadle like a sewing machine, and
the mandrel runs at very high speed. My notion is that .there
would be no chance to compete until you have a special machine as
well adapted to the particular use as is the special graphophone.

Of course if you built such a machine you would make a better one.

Yours/^ry truly,

Thomas A. Edison, Esq., /tc&jC

Orange, N.J. “

important

HERE'S A SCHEME THAT WILL SAVE TIME; both for you
and for us.

We enclose a set of four Order Blanks. On them is printed
EVERY NUMBER of every record we have in our No. 77 October
record list, together with a lot of numbers from 7340, up.
(Hereafter records will be numbered oonseoutively, as we make
them, from 7340, right along. Heretofore we have kept Band
records in one series of numbers. Orchestra records in another.
Talking records in another; but from now on, ALL reoords will
be numbered oonseoutively) .

The soheme is simple, as explained on bottom of each blank,
and will save us a vast amount of time and labor in our Order
Department, besides giving you a reoord of what you have
ordered, and an itemized reoord of our shipments to you. We
have p. quantity of these blanks, padded in bunohes of 85, for
distribution. Ask for one pad eaoh, #1, #3, #3 and #4 the next
time you order of us .

Be sure to sign your name on eaoh and every order blank.

Yours- truly,

NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.

C. H. Wilson,

Manager of Sales.

1899. Phonograph - Edison United Phonograph Company (D-99-19)

This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the
Edison United Phonograph Co. and its subsidiaries. Included are items
concerning the company's financial problems, wrangling among its board
members, and relations between it, the subsidiary Edison-Bell Consolidated
Phonograph Co., Ltd., and the Edison Phonograph Works. Many of the
letters are by George N. Morison, secretary of the company, and are
addressed to Stephen F. Moriarty, vice president. There is also
correspondence by Moriarty and by John E. Searles, president of the Edison
United Phonograph Co. At the end of the folder are two undated
communications by Edison to Josiah C. Reiff denouncing Moriarty as "an
extremely dangerous adventurer" who "has been living on the Co for years."

Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been selected. Most
of the unselected items are letters detailing routine daily operations of the
company or material that duplicates information in selected items.

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•2-7-W-IL-L-IA M -STR EE-Tt-

Measra Cox, Biddulph * Co:,
Bankers,

16 Charing Cross,

Edison HouBe,

Northumberland Avenue. LONDON.
5t.h January .1899,

Dear Sira,

In reference to the conversation I had with your Mr
Biddulph this morning, I beg to confirm my statements made to him
re a loan of £5,000 (Five thousand pounds sterling), which X wish
to obtain for a period of 60 days, for this Company, against the
securities which I will deposit with you, 0f £7, 500, „f first
Mortgage Debenture Bonds of the Rdis on-Bell Consolidated Phono¬
graph Co: dJ? .

Thia loan ia additionally secured, by 310 Multiplex
Automatic Phonographs, which have been delivered to the Bdis on-
Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co:, and payment for them at the
rat e of £16 per machine is now due by them to us, and iranediatel
upon rsoeipt of this money from the Edlson-Bell Consolidated Co;

it will be paid to you to take up this loan.

Youna faithfully.

Vice President,

New York, January 6th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.

Mr 8. Moriarty sailed with her Mother, Mrs. Valentine,
on Wednesday, January 4th, per Steamship "Fuerst Bismarck" for
Genoa.

The vessel was crowded, there not being a vacant room,
and among the passengers was a cousin of the Czar, Grand Duke Cyril
Vladimiroviteh, and he'goes to attand a wedding of Princess Helen
of Orleans.

I believe that we will see more of Mr Searles, and I
would not be surprised if he made his office in our building, and
he will undoubtedly give more attention to the Cotton business.

He seems to have regained his health, and looks as
vigorous as ever, but I regret that he does not push our business
more, for if a good alliance could be made with Edison, and the
business here for Soith America taken up properly, we would get.
the orders instead of this man Prescott, who I hear has twenty-one
clerks now, and has a big store-room on Broad Streetm next to Hint
Eddy & Company, but Mr Searles is afraid of losing his money, and
directly it will be too late for us.

I obtained from Mr Searles this week, a Check for Taxes
for the I. year 18977, amounting with costs to |l,197.78, but as the
days and weeks go bye and no more money comes from abroad, he is
more and more disinclined to advance any money.

This week I am in receipt of a letter from the Multiplex-

Phonograph Company.’, copy of which I enclose, demanding payment for
the remainder of the machines, which are stored in Brooklyn, X do
not know what will be the outcome of this.

The Graphophone Company, you remember' have some extensive
executive offices in the Bowling Green Building, but I hear they
intend to give them up, and move to Bridgeport?.

X enllose you clipping from the New York Herald of
January 5th, and my object is not particularly to call your atten¬
tion to the fraud, but to the fact that people seem So ready to
put their money in the Phonograph, without even satisfying them¬
selves of the character or standing of the man who attempted to

[ENCLOSURE]

MULTIPLEX PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
1358 Broadway, & 619 Sixth Avo .

New York, N.Y, Jany 4, 1899.

Edison United Phonograph Co.,

27 William St.,

City.

Gentlemen: -

We again beg to call your attention to the fact that ther
is an unpaid balance due us of over $3,000.00 on account of the
maohlnes in Brooklyn Storage. Your order with us specifically
states that you are to receive and pay for machines as fast as
completed, and we have bills outstanding, against these machines
dated last August and creditors as you muBt realize are becoming
very insistent.

This continued delay has injured our credit to a very
large extent and we insist that you make us full payment immediate¬
ly so thatvwe may pay our creditors, whether or not you make early
shipment of the machines. Please give us an early answer stating
what you will do.

Yours very truly,

multiplex PHONOGRAPH CO.,

M. V. Gress,

Vice-Prest.

' V

New York, January 11th, 1899.

My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.

I am sending you tn-day copies of some letters from
the Phonograph Works, which will show you that they are becoming
restless under the delay of ordering the stock of goods forward
which were ordered by the Edison-Bell.

Mr Gress is also impatient at the delay in not getting
his money, and while he is not so much "interested in the fact of
whether his goods go forward or not, he does want his money, in
addition to which we have some bill& for cablesand other things
here which have not been paid.

We owe Bettini now some $1,200. and we will soon owe
the Cabinet people for the 36 Cabinets ordered, which will have
to be paid, and Mr Searles is now becoming very impatient at the
delay in the Edison-pell not making us a remittance.

In consequence of all these demands for money, he directed
me yesterday to send you the cablq.I which I forwarded to you yester
day.

He said to me that not having been able to see Edison
duecta the delay in consumating matters abroad, he felt mortified

whenever the name of Edison was mentioned to him.

I took him over Prescott’s office yesterday to show
him the Big Graphophone, but he was in such a frame of mind over
the business, that he did not enthuse much over it, although it is

superior machine.

Prescott has not submitted any proposition yet, and it is
not at all certain that Mr Searles will do anything with him, and
I pointed out to him that we needed Mr Edison more than anyone else
and that we might not be able to rely upon Prescott carrying out
the terms of any arrangement made with him, this latter was due to
the fact that Mr Searles asked me if I thought we could trust him
but I said that he was an interloper v/ith no rights whatever, al¬
though undoubtedly a bright man with no end of energy, still I am
sure he will not be used unless it is clear that he can be a decided
advantage to the Company.

It does seem really disheartening when you realize that
when Mr Searles sailed' fir London, everything here was in just
such a position that good results could have been obtained, and
Edison was in a frame of mind to meet almost any proposition from
Mr Searles, but this longucontinued delay, and the failure to take
the machines, has caused him to lose confidence in our Company
again.

This letter is not cheerful, and really I hesitate mailing
it, because you have so much worry, and I am sure you must be doirj
your best , but it may enable you to feel the pulse of the situation/

here.

Copy.

BDTSON-BEMi CONSOLIDAT ED PHONORRAPH CO:
39 Charing Cross Road. W.C.

12t,h .Tanuary, 1899.

The Edison United Phonograph Co:

Edi son House,

Northumberland Avenue. W.C.

Dear Sirs,

Referring t o the cheque for £950. handed Mr Moriarty
yesterday, we shall be glad if you will instruct your Head Office
to ship immediately the 475 Type 2 Machines in respect of which
this cheque was paid. Kindly communicate by cable.

Yours faith fill ly,

(Signed) A. Simpson Slater.

Secret ary,

J'rJiw S. &&<>/*„/<

<$fc/f-/wts 3 hr*' /shiuf/fi/itt

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
DearxSir:-

Pleas'e excuse delay in replying to your letter of Deer.
14th, enclosing remittance of Two thousand Dollars ($2,000.) for
which we beg to hand you our receipt, dated December 14th, 1898.

In accordance with the terms of Article II of the Agree¬
ment dated April 7th, 1898, the above sum was payable to the Edison
United Phonograph Company, therefore it is not Required that the
International Graphophone Company also affix their signature to
the receipt.

Yours, very truly,

Vs??

Secretary.

[ENCLOSURE]

Received of Thomas A. Edison, the sum of Two thousand
Dollars (§2,000.) pursuant to agreement dated April 7th, 1898
between the Edison United Phonograph Company. international
Graphophone Co., Edison Phonograph Works and Thomas A. Edison, and
in accordance with Paragraph II of said Agreement.

New York, Deer'. 14th, 1898.

New York, January 17th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.

I am duly in receipt of your letter of January 6th,
and than* you for your kind inquiries in regard to my health.

1 am glad to say that I have entirely recovered, and feel
as well as ever.

I realize fully that no aid is given you on this side
looking!, *0 the stopping of shipments of illegal machines, but as I
Have written you before, Mr. Searles will not see Edison or endeavor'
to make any agreement with him until we have orderds to ship the
goods we have already ordered from the Phonograph Worljs.

The delay on the part of the Edison-Bell Company to make
payment for their goods has made Mr Searles afraid to assume any
responsibilities involving money .

I regret this state of affairs and wish I could do some¬
thing to benefit the situation.

I feel sure however that Mr SearleB will take hold as
soon as he can say to Edison that he can ship the goods.

Your letter reads as if you were confident of success,
and I admire? youfccourage in the faoe of such extraordinary
difficulties.

I note what you say in regard to our Patents in Europe,
and particularly in England, but it wiia not be long- before onepof
ourr-’fatentm expires, and it is a most important one too.

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I do not want you to feel that GresB is carried away with
any idea in regard to what he can do with his Patents in Europe.

They do not assume any arrogance, nor have they been
PEeSiimtioue in regard to their dealings with us, but they have in¬
sisted upon the payment of their account, and the carrying out of
the terms of the contract, and if you will look at the length of
time after maturity before we paid the Royalty under the contract
and to the fact that we have not yet paid them for all the machines
ordered, I do not think we can really censure them.

The weak point in regard to the contract with Gress, is
in the payment of a Royalty for soitor-many years, and if you will
remember this contract was made after several months of endeavor
to secure these Patents, and after you had included them in your
contract with the English Company, but Mr Searles agreed to this

because it was the best we could do, at that t ime . *///#

Juv/r- A M jWA Afcw u- AttCr; s*

Notwithstanding the Patents that we own, I think that

these Multiplex Patents will be of service.

I do not think it would be wise- at this time to have any

straight out business talk with Mr Gress, because we have applied

jf&K a. number of Patents, and I have the receipts for the appliea-

tibnrvof a number of them in my possession, but we want all of these

Patents in our possession, and we also want a proper assignment to

us, which cannot be done until the Patents come from Europe, but
I am watching them closely, and as soon as we get them all, and tte

assigments for them then will be the time for us to see what we
can do.

In regard to Bettini, we have as ydu say a contract with
him for Great Britain and Colonies; and we are endeavoring at this
moment to obtain possession of the Duplicator Patent, and I suspect
that it isnnow in the possession of Mr Dickinson, but we have not
yet been able to obtain it.

We owe Bettini about $1,300. and I have been delaying
the payment of this money until we could get hold of the Duplicator
Patent.

DeCastro has attempted a ruse or two to obtain payment
of his bills, but I was not caught, and I do not intend to be ,
yesterday however I was obliged to practically inform them that we
were delaying payment on account of not having received the Patent,
but I did not say so in so many words.

I will let you know just as soon as we get this Patent.

We do not contemplate making any contracts with Bettini

I note what you say in regard to Hough, Kelly and
Hunting, and I think it was a mistake in the Edison-Bell employing
him at all, or in having Hough associated with them for it would
not surprise me at all if they were simply using all the information
they can get hold of against the Edison-Bell Company.

You know that Hunting had a place here on Broadway
about 22nd Street, and made hksxooraxRe cords, but Ituftder stand that
he warn an Agent of the Qolumbia -Phonograph Company, or in other

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word8 the Graphophone people, and was paid a good salary by them,
for selling machines abroad, but I do not vouch for any of these
statements, however you know that he was arrested at one time for
making obscene Records, so that I would not be surprised at any¬
thing these people might do.

Tours very truly,

New York, January 19th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriartyi-

I am just in receipt of your lomg Personal letter,
dated January 11th, and I am pleased to receive it, but while I
wrote you in a Personal sense, December 30th, yet that letter wa3
more true than you have taken it, and I did not write without good
reason, but if any trouble had arisen, or should arise in the
future, I should cable you without a moment's delay, to know your
views under the circumstances, therefore you can always make your
mind quite easy, for nothing of an important nature would progress
very far wijyjput your knowing it.

I am glad to have such a full explanation of affairs, but
it has occurred to me many a time what a difficult matter it is to
sell our Patents wheiv they have sncshort a time to run, much less5
to sell Rights in Prance where act Patents are worthless, and it

seems most extraordinary that you seem able to sell such Rights
aJ>

we possess there, for anything like the sum you mention.

Of course it is premature to talk abqut the style of
machines which may be ordered: for Prance, but do you not think
that the "Home" machine is worthy of consideration, for it sells
largely here, and it^so much better than the eStandarcB.

You make a point of the fact that it was thought before
you left America, that if you could onlyplace an order for one
or two thousand machines with Bdison-, we could gain his co-operatio*OV%
In reply to this, I want simply to remind you that since

the day you went abroad, the business at the Phonograph Works has
been increasing, and while much of their output has gone to our
territory, yet the fec£*remains that the Works got orderdjno matter
from what source, which operated against us in making them more
independent, therefore as these orders have increased up to the
present time, the Works have not since looked upon our orders as
big as we are inclined to look upon them ourselves, but the orders
we gave the Works did aid us to theepoint when Mr Edison had his
interview with Mr Searles, and when he left for Europe there was
every indication of a most satisfactory result of the interview
at that time; but unfortunately weeks and months have since gone
by, and not only have we delayed the shipment of machines long
since ordered or past due as per agreement with Works, but we
have also delayed payments to the Works of which I have written
so many ±*mes, that it has exhausted the patience of Edison, and
we are now back to the old status, and they are shipping machines
as recklessly as ever, and I write this simply to show that we had
an opportunity of rectifying this situation but failed to take

advantage of it.

It certainly has been great good work on your part to
straighten up all the complications of the Edison Bell Corporation
but we have learned a lesson that if they give us any large orders
in future; ,h,y ,honla obliged ^ ^ ^

for them within a given time.

iu.lt upon my

mind that perhaps Annan or Wyatt or may be someone else have

been instrumental in causing the delays of the Attornies in
iirgpthe contracts for the purpose of gaining time .

I hope you will be successful in forcing Stollwerck to a
settlement.

X want to just remark that if anyone should take such an
imjprtant step as was hinted at in my letter, if done at all, would
be done without considering all the important points or results
that you mention V would be caused by a dissatisfied mind^ therefore
more or less reckless, but a word from me has repeatedly changed
the current, and so it would if any such thing as this was on the
point of being taken, but it was actually suggested and X forget
now what my reply was.it was however in all probability cautionary
*2/ this in a strictly personal sens -

Your views are Undoubtedly well taken in not wishing to
take legal action against the Edison Bell when there is any pros¬
pect at all in securing the money, and I have no doubt that Mr
Searles would agree with you thoroughly on this point, notwithstand
ing the cable that was sent some time agOf jfa+y

I note what you say in regard to prices on future orders
and I shall keep this before me and remind Mr Searles at the proper
time .

Yours very truly.

New York, January 20th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty, Personal.

I am calling you-J attention to the account of the Edison
Bell in a separate letter, and asking you to try to send us a
remittance on' receipt of letter, because the money you have sent on
sayl.9 50 . is now entirely exhausted, in fact we have paid out more
than was received, due to our being obliged to pay Bettini's account-
to-day which amounted to §1,278.10-.

I had to talk Mr Searlos into paying this bill, but I do
not think that he will pay the bill for Cabinets, unless we receive
some more money.

I do not want to tire you with my' comments on the situa¬
tion, but I really cannot understand why the Edi son-Bell do not
put vjk in some of the large Cities that they control, every single
Multiplex that they have, because they pay here, and the more they
put out the more money they get, and they ought to send us another
order for them.

Another thing that should not be lost sight of is Edison'a
small Automatic Slot machine, and I would not be surprised to hear
of their soon being shipped over to Europe by Edison.

At present Mr Searles has his office next to us, but
he is going down on the 13th floor, and has rented two offices
there, and will probably move in in the course of a week.

He seems pretty well, and is attending to his business as

l/e*y ,

usual.

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(SeTuum: & 7l;77foredoti/, <7Ucrel<//ry.

I LLIAM STREET,

S. P. Moriarty, Esq. ,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-

iany>— 24th,J.S9-9.

-J8L-

Mr Searles has received a reply from Prescott in regard
to his proposition to take hold of the business here and secure
orders, but I have not yet seen it, although he promised to let me
have it.

Morgan Gress, the son, has just gone South to be married,
but will live in New York, and he will undoubtedly want to make
more money, therefore, do not be surprised if they kick over the
traces, and sell goods.

Yours very truly.

Secretary.

(Bhisan pjcnasfi (18)
■BoxtlwmbexlKrt'ir %b&nne,

Ex ixiisoxt,

8K.&

86th January 1899.

Bear Mr Moriarty,

I have not heard from you te-dty , and do not know
if this letter will reach jc u or not.

There is nothin/? important to write about, except that a represer.
-tative of Messrs Cocks Biddulph & Co: coiled to-dty to see you. He
wants your signature to another document. He said he will call again
on Friday morniing do out XI o'clock in the hope of catching you then,
and get the signature to the tb cfiiment.

There has been a great robbery at Parrs Bank in the City the
other day, when over £60,000 in bank notes were cleanly taken away.

The affair is wrapped in mystery, ani no-ane seems to be able to unrav
tiio mystery. It is the coolest and cleanest robbery of modern times.

There is only one let IB r in for you to-duy which I enclose.

Yours very truly,

14. Austinfriars,

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New York, February 10th, 1899.

My dear Mr. Moriarty: -PT5RS0NAL.

For the last ten days or so, I have been writing and
telegraphing Mr Searles for permission to ship the Records and
Cylinder® ordered by you, and for per mission to pay Gress, but
he has steadily refused, although I keep at it every time I write.

This morning how ever I am rev/arded with a telegram from
him in reply to my telegram of yesterday, which reads as follows: -
"YOU MAY SHIP RECORDS AND CYLINDERS AND PAY GRESS".

When your cable was received yesterday morning, I made
up my mind to go out and see the people in Newark, and make every
effort to get a reduction in price on the Holding's Gilmore's and
Issler's Bands.

I succeeded in getting the price down to 20 cents, but I con¬
cluded we needed something a lifttle better still, to pay fbr all
the cables and telegrams recently, so in the course of a half an
hour or so, I got off another cent, making the price to us 19 cents
in consideration of our paying the bill in ten days.

I promised this, but I am afraid I will have a fight to get
yout

the money, so if w»- can send us anything on receipt of this letter
it will be thankfully received.

Notwithstanding the fact that you tell U3 to draw for the
full amount of the Records, and half th& amount of the cylinders,
you must realise that this will necessitate Mr Searles paying out
more than we receive, because we will be oblied to pay the Works

.-thS °f thSlr billf oasl:?' a**** tl>e remaining fourth in 30

f>2-

days.

In addition we are paying Gress Si, 000.

I hope you have not failed to answer my letter to you of
January 21st, because they are anxiously looking for some word from
me, which will reassure them.

Mr Gress, Senior is here now, and when they wrote the letter
to us, I put them off for a couple of weeks, telling them that I
would write to London, and that I would probably receive a reply
which would be satisfying to them, therefore I must say something
to them, very soon, in fact I do not think they will wait until
this letter gets to you, and I am anxious to get all the patents
we have asked for, indeed I can get almost anything I ask for,
unless they get the idea that we are not going to amount to any¬
thing-.

These are really the only Patents that we have in Prance-.

It is only the frindship that I have worked up with this^peopie
that has prevented an outbreak before now; for they can sell their
machines?, and they would certainly go abroad!, and cause us an
additional annoyance.

Yours very truly.

P.S. We hope to ship the Records on Wednesday, February, 15th, 1899.

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■ Dear Sir:-

Referring to the Agreement you have just sent us of
the Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited!, and the
Edison United Phonograph Company and Stephen F. Moriarty, compro¬
mising points in differnce, we desire to call your atttention to th
the fact that there is no date’ updn the document, and would thank
you to kindly give us the exact date, so that we can have it for
correct reference*.

Your letter to Mr Searles states that you are sending me
the completed official document, but neither your signature or that
of the United Company's appears on it.

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and much oblige*.

Yours very truly.

Secretary.

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London, England.
Dear Sir:-

In reply to your cable of February 16th, which reads
"ARRANGING REORGANIZATION GIVE NO INFORMATION WHATEVER TO ANYONE
ABOUT NEW MACHINES."

We do not quite understand why you should cable this, because
we have no communication with the Edison Bell '’ompany, except ifr
regard to shipments or orders, anyhting else would go through you,
or anything out of the ordinary would excite our suspicion, and we
i would first communicate with you, therefore there is no probability
of our writing them anything in regard to Edison's new machines,
if that is what you refer to, as wo take it you do.

Yours very t ruly,

Secretary.

S. 7. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-

Referring to the copy of Agreement with the French Company
we presume you have thoroughly noted every point, which we are
about to criticise, at the same time, we desire to call your atten¬
tion to several clauses in your Agreement.

Clauses 1 and 2, refer to Duplicating Phonographic Records- for
France-,

In reference to Duplicating machines, you of course have
remembered that we do* not own the Patents of Bettini for his
Duplicating Machine for that Country, and while we realise thatnTie
arfi entitled to a Duplicating machine under our Agreements with
Edison, still he has never patented such a machine in France-, but
BETTINI HAS’, THEREFORE PLEASE NOTE THIS FACT, and that we cannot
use Bettini' s machine in France, unless we pay him a big price for
them.

Clauses 1 and 2, give the French Company the rightfc to the
French Patents, which we have obtained from G. V. Gress, for the
Multiplex Phonograph, the Return Device, and his slot attachment,

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and as these Patents have been acquired, and the latter two applied
for previous to the date of the French contract, we will be obliged
to deliver them notwithstanding the fqct that we own them only
conditionally, subject to the fulfillment of our Agreement with Mr
Grass.

You will also kindly note we are not reimbursed specifically
for the cost of • -the French Multiplex Patents, about $90. and $75.
additional for the Patent on the return Device and Slot Attachment.

Article 3 specifies that Schedule 3 of the Kdison-Bell Contrai¬
ls the standard for prices to the French Company, but you will
remember that the Edison-Bell Supplementary Contract of April 7th
1898 changes the price of "HOME" Phonographs, and modifies the
price of Type No. 2J also Type 5, has been billed by us to the
Edison-Bell in 1,000 lots at $80. each, thiB is the Multiplex, and
should be made clear in the new contract

Type No. 6, was also changed to $70. each, although we had
been charging $80. previously', but the Edison-Bell contract names
$75. as the price for Type No. 6, therefore please look into all
of these prices, and see that the correct prices of all types of
machines- are understood-

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We do not make much on Blanks, but I hope we can get them
cheaper.

Please bear in mind that we have never shipped you any "HOME"
Phonographs, and consequently have not bought any from the Works,
therefore \ve do not know what we will be obliged to pay for them
should we place an order in the future.

I am told that the Standard Phonographs are not inspected, but
that the "HOME" Phonographs are, also that parties that have pur¬
chased the Standard Phonographs, are returning them and paying
Ten Dollars additional for a "Home" Phonograph in exchange.

I was also taid to-day that orders are being received for
Edison's new style small machine, listed at $7.50, but neither this
ftia chine nor the Large Machine Edison is now making have yet been
sold, but from another source, I was informed that a certain party
had bought one of the new style small machines, however it will be
but a short time before they are on the market in quantities, but
as Mr Searles has not yet returned, and not likely to before the
1st of March, his interview with Edison will be delayed, which I
regret very much, neither can I discuss other matters which are

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mentioned in your letters, but I will write him asking him to send
you his approval of the French Contract, at once, for I do not see

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how you WEH form a Company anyhow when we have no Patents there,
except the Muljdpl expand I consider that you deserve great credit
for putting any kind of a fair contract through.

In regard to ordering goods from us, and drawing upon the bill
•of lading here, it is the only way it can be done if you; want to
rely upon your orders being filled promptly.

Yours very truly,

Secretary.

Psby. 10th, laoo.

Jo. 'in E. Searles, Esq., President,

</o T. F. Hutchinson, Esq.,
o/a American Cotton Company,

Memphis, Tenn.

I't dear SirJ-

Mr Mori arty hae written you enelSBing you 'a copy of the
Pencil contract, and I have written Mr Mori arty to-day cal' iru; hj.s
attention to one or tw i-fnts in connection with it in relation
tC' Patents, prices of machinen, etc, but in order that there may bo
no delay in pushing this ,1‘Venchohsiness to a concision, will you
nor., if you have not already done 30, write him at once authorising
bin to conclude the- negotiation upon the lines set forth in the
agreement, for he understands what is necessary to be done, and he
'hotiid not be delayed awaiting your approval.

V® cannot afford, to lose one moments time, and if you have
siggestions to make will you kindl* let me know what they are.

' wish you were here to take up matters, as the Phonograph
Woiks iave assumed their old time independence.

$ do not see how Mr Moriarty can form a Company on any condi-
lions in Prance, when wo have no patents there, so please do not
j risk delay.

In Mr Moriarty's letter to you of February 1st, he speaks of
preparing n new Contract for the Edison Eell, and he is undoubtedly
y/orking on this now, for I received a cable to-day, which, reads as
follows

"ARRANGING REORfiAlttZATION GIVE NO INFORMATION WHATEVER *T0

"ANYONE ABOUT HEW MACHINES'. ■

I suppose he roust have felt afraid that we might , write some¬
thing to the Edison Bell about Edison's new machines.

The little machine Edison is making is out now? and the big
one, to compete with the big Graphophone Grand you saw^ will be out
soon.

I wish we could control Edison on all these, things,, but, you,,
can do a lot if you will: try.

Yours very truly, ,

Secretary.

New York, February 17th, 1899.

My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.

I am sorry to see by the papers to-day the announcement
of the death of President Faure, and I enclose you a clipping from
the Morning Sun, to show you what the papers say hero, and/sincerely
hope that this will not affect your French business, but it has
made me feel a little anxious about it.

A am glad you think of at least coming over in the Spring
and hope that all your various negotiations will be completed by
that time.

I hope you will be able to get rid of Annan from the
Board, and I have just heard that Hough has written a letter to
Bettini within a week or so, asking for information in regard to
various Phonograph matters.

I really do not understand why The Edison Bell permit Hough
to act independently of them, unless the Board of Edison Bell think
that they can learn something about the business, which you might
not wish to give them.

Why do you not put a stop to Hough doing any business whatever
except through the Board of the Edison Bell, if they control him,
or control the Edisoriia, as I understand they do.

I will explain to Mr Searles about your keeping the original

While I think of it, I want to remind you that you must calcu¬
late upon sufficient time to manufacture the goods when you give us

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an order, but anticipate your orders, so that there will be no
doubt about their delivery^on time.

Yours very truly.

York,

February 17th, 1899.

My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.

Referring to your letter of February 4th, I note your
views in regard toPr- -escott, and I do not think that Mr Searles
would do anything with this man, without letting me know, at least
I do not think he would conclude anything, and I have pointed out
to him the necessity above everything else of making satisfactory
terms with Edison, and that the probability is there would then be
no need whatever for Prescott.

Still I note all your views o'fy.this subject, and I shall take
it up with Mr Searles as soon as he gets back, and try to induce
him to go immediately out to see Edison.

In regard to the South American business, I have written
you a separate letter simply for the purpose of criticising' Article
by Article the Agreement you sent us, based upon what knowledge
we have lately acquired in regard to this territory, for you doubt¬
less realize that the Commission Merchants in New York City have
been shov/n how cheap they can buy Phonographs?, and with men like
Prescott, who have been manufacturing supplies independent of
Edison, the business- is by no means- as attractive for that country
as it was when you were here.

So much depends upon Mr Searles proposed interview with Mr
Edison, and I am really exasperated at the delay, and we have been
relying upon this long deferred interview- for some agreement with
Edison which would help our business for South America, in which

case? I would not forget your Brother, but it can tally be done by
bringing him forward; at just the proper time, and this you know has
not tiet arrived).

Yours very truly,

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Dear Sir:-

AUTOMATICS

V/e realize that you do not consider the C-ress invention
as a decided improvement, and that if you do anything in the future
with an Automatic machine, it will probably be the small Edison
Slot Phonographs, also that you think there will be very little use
for Gres s' s machine.

We note also, that should Gress attempt to invade our terri¬
tory, that the "Customswwill prove a strong barrier.

We also note? that you would have Gress understand that to
intend to protect our rights, etc:.

In reply to the above, we desire to call your special atten¬
tion to several points in connection with our contract for these
Automatic Machines, and after this letter^ll ft* endeavor to bore
you with a recital of these facts.

We expected to see Mr Gress to-day, but that has been postponed
until to-morrow.

In our contract with Gress, we undertook certain obligations*,

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namely, That We would pay them a Royalty of §5.00 per machine’,
for five years, or §5,000. per year, and that whether we place
orders to the extent of 5,000 machines in that time’, or not, this
Royalty must be paid.

Gress has the right to annul the Agreement, if the Royalty
is not paid?, but he may not wish to annul it, even though we should
wish it.

Should this agreement however be annulled under the terms of
the contract, we are bound to return to him his Patents’ for Great
Britain, France and Germany.

Kindly note however-, that there is no provision in regard to
the Colonies of Great Britain, or other Countries-, otitefrde of Great
Britain, France and Germany, and we can therefore’ keep the Patents
for such Countries irrespective of this contract, but KINDLY NOTE
that we have not yet received those Patents’, although they have been,
applied for, and nearly all paid for, therefore- do you think it
wise to antagonise Grass-, and you know the kind of man he is-, and
run the risk of not getting the Patents we have paid for.

ANOTHER POINT, you have’ agreed to deliver to the Edison Bell

Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited;, and to the French Company
the Multiplex Patents-, also the Company for the Continent of Europe
if you .complete that^will want just as much as the English and
French Companies in the way of Patents.

Do you consider it safe under these circumstances to run the
risl^and indeed it is more than a risk, it is a fact, of losing the
Patents on account of the non-fulfillment of our Contract.

We have not made any attempt to alter this contract, and I am
afraid that we would not have much success if we did, but one never
knows until they try, still as we stand to-day, does it not seem to
you- that the safest and best policy would be to endeavor- to send us
an order for Multiplex machine* for youfc two Companies-, and educate
them to the advantageous of the machine*, rather than decry it, until
wo can see our way to make a different sort of an agreement with
Gres®.

You speak of keeping Gress out of our territory, do you
really think you can, if X felt that was so, I should have no anxiefc
about it other than the fact that we would be obliged! if we did not
pay Royaltyto losfe our Patent®,

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S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-

We are duly in receipt of a eopy^of the proposed contract

with the Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited,

out

relating to South America, and we desire to point^to you what we
consider important defects in such a contract.

In the first place, we do not consider South America of^great
value for sales, the customers from that section are unreliable,
the freight charges excessive, and must be prepaid, and the goods
must be paid for in advance1 according to my opinion^ it will also
be necessary to work up the business, and divert«£"to this Cbmpany
instead of through the channels it has gone heretofore, but this
latter is not at all an impossibility, if we stand right with Ediso**.
still it will cost something.

Your Agreement gives one-third of the profits to the Edison
Bell Company, but you guarantee a certain amount per machine in any
event.

This guarantee in the case of No. 2 Standard Phonographs is
Pound’, which is more than we can afford at the present cost 1

The prices at which these machines are sold here, is 40# dis¬
count or §12.00 nett, and they co3t us to-day in quantities $9.00
each, therefore you will see how impossible it is to guarantee one
Pound on each machine.

There is the possibility of our breaking up Prescott, Stevens
and the other infringers, but it is contingent upon our making
satisfactory and reliable terms with Edison, even then wo have the
Graphophone Company to meet, and the Gramophone? will be heard from
also.

Phonograph

Under the present^si tuation or even any agreement that wo?

might make with Edison I do not consider it safe to guarantee one

cent, however we note that you will not accept this guarantee pro¬
vision.

In addition you state that the nett profit shall be the differ
ence between the prime cost of manufacture- and the sale price, this
is a- very important provision, and leaves the cost of running the
business to the United Company.

Referring to Article 4 the provisions exacted in this Article
will practically kill the business^, these South American Merchants
will not buy Phonographs or accessories, if they have to sign any
sort of a paper whatever* When a. men hnv» a

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it, he wants to own it, otherwise he does not want it. This
article should be entirely stricken out.

Article 6 requires that the United Company shall purchase 500
Standard Phonographs within 12 months.

X think this would be taking a great responsibility^for we do
not now know what we will be able to aeomplish in this South Ameri*<!«^i/
country, or how we will stand with Edison.

If the Consolidated Company wants us to work up a trade in
South America, we must have the right to do so in our own way, and
on such conditions, I should suppose that Mr Searles would not
hesitate to give them one-third of the nett profits, this is the
only fair way we can conduct this business, and I do not think it
can be done in any other way.

Yours very truly.

Secretary.

S.F.Moriarty Esq.

(1)

E.B.

Dear Mr Moriarty,

Gramophone .

Tho defendants Solicitor yesterday ovoning rang mo up on
the telephone and I had a long conversation with him. His clients
seem to bo anxious for a settlement and he states that ‘they aro will-
-ing, if terms are arranged, to have their boohs investigated by
Messrs Tlirquands or any other high class firm of accountants. I
pointed out to him that we did not admit the validity of the patents
under which his clients aro working and- that if those aro not valid
they really have nothing to aoll^ as it would bo compotont for any
other firm to commence business on tho same linos. de replied that
ho' did not admit that tho patents we ro invalid, but on tho contrary,
contonds that they -would bo maintained if submitted to the decision
of tho courts. flip matter is ono of so much importance, it is

so essential, if any arrangement is to bo made, that it should be
concluded without, delay, that I think it desirable that tho parties
should meet and that the negotiations should not continue to filter
through their legal advisers. If the directors s.00 Hr Owen, they
will be in a better position to foim an opinion regarding him, and
a groat deal of correspondence and waste of time and monpy will thus
bo avoided. She defendants admit that their motion will most prob-
-ably be dismissed and that, it is quite possible that it may be

dismissed with costs. They are therefore negotiating on this basis,
and I personally see no useful object in postponing the negotiations
until after the defeat has’ been consummated. Within certain limits
the parties can control each other, but they cannot control the
public, and I am convinced that the trade may be disturbed to such
a decree that it will be impossible to resuscitate it if fin arrange-
-ment is arrived at. In other words the parties will bo "killing
the goose that lays the golden egg " • It may of course bo impossible
to arrive at an arrangement , but I think that the attempt should bo
made, and that, 'without delay. There is obviously a very profitable
trade existing in the Gramophone and if this company can obtain the
benefit o£ it, thoy can well afford to mate considerable concessions
with that object. The defendants solicitor states that his clients
would like to meet the board with a view to discussing the matter
and supplying and receiving information. Unless the directors see
any objection the defendants would like to attend at tho Companys
office on Wednesday at such time as may bn convenient to the board.

Will you kindly let mo know your views, and I tin at the seme time writ-
-ini; to the othor directors. It is by no moans certain that' if tho
Gramophone is removed from the field, the phonograph Co v/ill succeed
in replacing it by the phonograph. Of course if the basis of an
arrangement we Vo arrived at, there would be a number of details
requiring careful provision, but until the parties have come together
it is hardly necessary to consider those. I sincerely hope that
if a meeting does take placo on Wednesday, you will be able to attend

S.F.Moriarty Esq ' (2)

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S.F.Moriarty Esq
Edison House

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Dear Sir:-

Mr Annan has just called, and says he will look in again.
He stated that he had just received a cable-, asking him to find out
whether we had shipped the No. 2 Phonographs’, but as we have not
there was nothing else to say, thah that we had not shipped them.

He also asked me when we would be able to ship, and I replied
date’ without looking into it,
that I could not give him a definite^ and that .1 should have to

eommunicate with Mr Searles. He then asked when Mr Searlea would
return, and I said in about ten days’.

He asked for a pen, and he wrote on a slip of paper the
following: -

"Have not shipped; any of the balance of the 2550 :Np.’ Z a nd
"Morison does not know when they can ship any."

I said to him, it would be a mistake to cable such a
message as that, because it would give the impression that we were
indifferent as to when we would ship, and he said he would think
it over, therefore I think I shall cable you myself to-day.

X said to Mr Annan that they owed us a great deal of money,
and Annan replied that when Mr ,hey hafl

come to an agreement, and that recently all matters had been ad¬

justed, and I remarked: that since all matters had been adjusted, I
presumed there would be no trouble about shipping the machines,

I simply say to you that It is a fact that Mr Searles has been
indifferent about shipping these No. 2 Machines, but I did not
think it worth while- to let Annan go out with that memorandum,
without saying a word against his sending such a cable.

YoursP very truly,

Secretary.

P.S. My object in cabling you is that you may have something from
us just as recent as anything Annan might cable, and also that you
may be prepared for any surprise that the Board might spring on you
on Wednesday. The fact of my mentioning Annan, will show you
he has caUed, also that you may know that the machines are not
shipped to date.

Mr Searles would not ship them because the Edison Bell owff
us so much now.

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London, England.
Dear Sir!-

We sent to Mr.Searles1 by special delivery mail, Saturday
night, February 18th, 1899, a Power of Attorney in your favor, whib/f'
we had- preparedi that day for his signature1 to enable you to carry
out the French contract, and he must have received it this morning
for he telegraphed us as follows: -

"Cannot accept French contract as written, await my letter".

We understand from this that he objects to approving the memo¬
randum of contract for the French Company, but will write you more
fully when we get his letter.

We are sorry there is any delay in this matter, as it is liable,
to kill the contract, and an order for 5,000 machines would enable
us to make a nice sum of money, but I suppose he may have been dis¬
appointed in not embodying in thafc contract the Jfl5,000. heretofore
referred to.

We are just in receipt of a letter from Mr Searles in reply
to my letter to him, stating that he cannot possibly reach home-
before the end of the month, but that he is anxious to do so at
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London, England.
Dear Sir:-

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We cannot understand why it is that you write , "you
cannot understand from the information we have sent you whether
these Records which cost% 35 cents;, are original Records', or if
they are better records than those; you have paid 20 cents for, and
what the reason is for the difference in price."

We wrote you January 17th that the prices we would be obliged
to pay fbr Duplicates?, was 25 cents' for Issler's Holding & Gilmore'
Bands, and we cabled you on January 23rd, that Records will cost
the Edison Bell Company 35 cents, and stating that we would await
your remittance before executing order-, therefore', it seems tan

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clear to us that the 35 cents named in cablej^refer^^ to the
prices we would charge the Edison-Bell in consequence' of the- cost
to us of 25 centsr each for the Records referred to in our letter

of January 17th, namely Duplicates?.

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SINCE THE ABOVE^HW WRITTEN, we te-made^an extra effort to get
the cost to us down, and succeeded in purchasing them for 19 cents
each, ^ but as the quotation has been agreed to of 35 cents to the
Edison Bell, we will not make any lower price to them on account of

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our being able to buy them for six cents less than the original
quotation to us by the manufacturers.

Our reason for maintaining this price of 35 cents, is that
the Records have turned out to be a great deal better, than the
samples we first heard, for we discovered that the manufacturers
showed us on our first visit some inferior Records in the hope' that
we would purchase’ originals* instead of Duplicates, but on the second
visit we found the Duplicates so much better as stated'.

Yours very truly:

Secretary.

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Stephen F. Moriarty, Esq., Vice-Presidem,

London, "England.

Dear Siir:-

We have just had a call fVom R. G. Dunn & Co., and in
reply to their request, vre gave them the named. of the Officers,
because I believe’ they have had this before, anyhow it is public
information.

He asked what interest Mr Searles had in the Company, and I
replied that Ipreferred not to answer that question, without referr
ing to Mr Searles.

He then said, well I tell you just what my inquiry is, which
came to us in a very vague? way, namely a report that. the Company
was in financial difficulties. I said I cannot imagine who could
have originated such a report as that, because the Company asks for
no particular credit, he asked whether the Company had any bonded'
indebtedness-, I said it had not.

Do you suppose- this inquiry was made by Annan or the French
people-. It might have come from the Herrmann Furniture & Plumbers
Cabinet Works, from whom we ordered the CabinetB, and they are

strangers to l

Subject

R.C . WYATT.

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<>y/^y/?SrA- FebytlQflff?

Bear Lord Eeribigh,

At yesterday’s Board we had to settle various
questions Between ourselves and the Edison United and Mr.
Moriarty.

(1) Rent. This is going to he settled today by cheque A

is perfectly satisfactory, though X do not see why the invoice
from us to them for repairs on automatics should not be
brought into the settlement . It is no more sprung on
them than the invoice for use of basement was on us.

(8) Cabinets. For this amount, plus all charges, we are to

receive a cheque or remittance within ten days. If this is
done it is quite satisfactory.

(3) 475-Typeg- paid for in January. I do not think the reply

or . explanation giyen us was satisfactory, and I think it
would be in the interest of the Edison United, as well as of
our Company , that a reasonable explanation should be given
why an order; sent by mail (for goods paid for) about the
SRth January has to be cabled for again on the 22nd. February
Records. The remarks apply with more force to this
question, but the reply given that we had stopped shipment
should be substantiated by documentary evidence, as I cannot
but think that Mr. Moriarty is mistaken. The facts are
that since July we have not been able .to get a record or
blank, which is a distinct- breach of the contract , that records

(8)

are the life of the business, and that ho change of management
could help a business so handicapped. We ought to know
why this has happened and get reasonable assurance .that it will,
not happen again . 1 think also that the Board should insist

'and Mr. Moriarty assist, that in his absence there are people
who can and may give us the proper information as to orders ,
shipments &c. 1 did not press .this question further . at

yesterday’s board: -

(1) It had already lasted nearly four hours.

(S) It was evident that Mr. Smith strongly desired me not

to press it then.

5$( I wanted to give a night’s thought to it . ■

Having done the latter, I have come to the conclusion that
as far as I am concerned any settlement that does not embrace
proper explanations of the above points will be unsatisfactory
Mr. Moriarty said to me afterwards that in order to
make more unity on the Board he had friends who would pay
out Mr. Annan, myself, and our personal friends at par, with
interest, if we would resign in their favour. I replied
, that I would resign anytime that I was convinced the share¬
holders would benefit- thereby •, but that neither Mr. Annan
or I could voluntarily resign until all those who had sub¬
scribed on the faith of the prospectus bearing our names had
received the offer . I thought this was only about £40; 000
He replied that he thought he could arrange it.

Should this be done my resignation, and I believe Mr. Annan’s,
will be forthcoming at once .

(3)

I have felt it my duty to write this letter and to send
a copy to my colleagues

Believe me,"

Yours very sincerely

(signed) Robert, c. VTyatt

P.S

Gramaphone. 1 heartily approve the decision we arrived,
at yesterday. it was the only possible one in my opinion .

New York, February 24th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.

In looking over the telegram' sent you February 23rd,
where we referred to our letter of February 16th, we realise that
perhaps it might not have been perfectly clear, as it gives the
impression that my letter of February 16th, was written at the
instigation of Mr Searles, whereas IT Y/AS NOT.

The first part of the telegram, we sent you because Mr
Searles wrote us directing us to wire- you in that way, but he did
not know that I had written you on February 16th, and I merely put
that in, because the letter will reach you in a day or two, and I
thought it would do no harm if you would just compare these figures
with the prices you have set for the French Company.

Mr Searles criticism of the French Contract, and my suggestion
in my letter, were entirely independent of each other, and Mr
Searles does not know to-day, the contents of that letter, except
a small portion of which I have since1, say oil February 23rd’ given
him, commencing on page 2 of that letter with the words ARTICLE 3
and ending- on page 3\ with the words SHOULD TO PLACE AN ORDER IN
THE IUTURTT.

Yours, very truly,

/ (/ t vi 0-1

[ENCLOSURE]

John 1?. Searles.

27 William Street.
New York.

Private Car "Iolanthe”,

En Route, Little Rock, Ark.
February 20, 1899.

Mr George N. Morrison, Secretary,
Edison United Phonograph Company,
27 William Street,

New York City.

Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your letters, also those of Mr
Moriarty in re_ French and English contracts. I have read the
contract very carefully, but cannot consent to its execution as
written, particularly in Section 3, providing for the same price1
and terms as made to the Edison- Bell Company, England. As you know
the pricesin this contract are wrong in two or three particulars
and have been the subject of controvercy and amendment, and we do
not know today where we stand under same. It is quite probable tba
the reduction of the price on the first order to S9. for one half
the order could be construed as part of the contract or a modifies
tion of the same, which would fix a price for No. 2 machines-
below what we should be willing to sell them at. Wire- M. that
"price1 in contract should be definite and entirely independent of
English Company".

Reference is made in Section 5 to a schedule of machines1
ordered, which is not included in the papers sent me. If you have
a copy of same, please forward it.

recognise the necessity of pushing uus mailer to an ear

question.0 as ms h&V? anythins left °Pen to

fruitful of trouble? I shill be coftra“t* which has been so
meanwhile1, matters in London ? I ab0Ut ten ***** and if

be able to take up matter* Pail3,have been arranged', shall

. up matters with out friend in Orange and come to

[ENCLOSURE]

-2-

some adjustment. X have not yet had time to read carefully- the
new agreement with the London Company, but will take same up
later.

Yours very t ruly.

( Sgd. )

Jno. K. Searles-

New York, February 24th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.

V/e are just in receipt of a letter from Mr Searles, which is
dated February 21st, and it jsays "Your letter with Power of Attorny
"received’, it is already too late to get this off by Wednesday's

"steamer. I will look it over in time to send it to you for
//

"Saturday' s.

When we wrote you February 20th, we were under the
impression that Mr Searles had received the Power of Attorney I

y-wist/

sent him, February lSth^bht from this letter just received to-day,
I conclude he l?cl not received it, when his letter to us was written
of February 21stJ however the Power of Attorney has not yet been
received, although if we get it to-morrow morning, we can catch

You will kindly notice that the above letter of February 21st
from Mr Searles, was written the day after he sent us the following
telegram, which is dated February 20th, and reads

"Cannot accept French contract as written. Await my letter".

We attach copy of Mr Searles letter of February 31th,

which was written the same day as the above telegram, but kindly
note that the letter received this morning was dated the day after.

Upon receipt of Mr Searles letter of February 20th, above
referred to, we sent him a copy of your cable of February 22ndi,
which was a holiday with us,mand I called Mr Searles attention to
the fact that the 475 Type 2 Machines had been paid for, and the
ey used hy us for other purchases/

-2-

I am in hopes of hearing from him that we can ship these

I also made- in this letter to Mr Searles request for the
execution of the Power of Attorney, and it reads as follows: -

"Do you not think it would be wiser to execute the Power of
"Attorney ibr the French Contract, as sent you, and write a letter
"setting forth your stipulations in the matter, because in any even/*
"we must give him such a power of attorney, as will enable him to
"modify the contract or add to it, as circumstances require!, and
"we will have the advantage of gaining time-

"The remainder, if not agreed to, can be arranged by cable.

"You know with all the competitors against us in this business, and
"no French Patents, this will probably be our last chance for that
"territory, therefore I strongly advocate immediate action in the
"premi sea-. "

X have just telegraphed Mr Searles- upon receipt by us of your
cable of February 24th, as follows: -

"HOPE YOU WILL SEND POWER OF ATTORNEY JUST AS WRITTEN. MORTARW
"CABLES! PRICES TYPE 2 DEFINITELY FIXED FRENCH CONTRACT $10. NO *
REFERENCE ANY KIND TO EDI SOM BELL MADE IN CONTRACT".'

Yours very truly.

27 WILLIAM Slffitl,

NEWYORfe-

Private Car "Iolanthe",

Bn Route, Atlanta, Ga. , -
February 25th, 1899,

S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue,

London, W. C., England.

Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your forwarded letters of the 1st, 4th,

8th and 11th inst., and have read same with care. X have also re¬
ceived through Mr. Morrison a power of attorney for execution.

Edison- Bo 11.

Regarding the South American business, the proposed contract
is very unsatisfactory. Mr. Morrison has sent me a copy of his letter
to you of the 11th inst., which very well covers the points of objec¬
tion, and I quite agree with him that any contract with the J5-B Com¬
pany is impracticable on the lines stated. Under no circumstances are
we prepared to make any gurantees, nor will we allow any part of their
contract, for 10,000 machines to be applied on the South American
business. It is not going to be an easy matter to divert this South
American trade from the people who now control it here, for, while they
are doing an illegitimate business, they are well intrenched, and it
will not be worth our while to spend any time in fighting with them
unless we are to be foot-free to conduct the business according to our
best judgment, and so far as determining the basis of profit iw con¬
cerned, we should want the profit calculated as the difference between
the price the English Company pay us and the net amount received. They
cannot expect to get a profit on any other basis than the basis on which
they themselves would purchase the goods. It seems to me scarcely worth
while to spend anymore time on this feature of the E-B Company's bus¬
iness until you get the reorganisation whi.ch you say you expect to ac-

John E. Searles,

^ S.F.M., No. 2, 2/25/99.

complish in that Company. At that time, with business men to deal with,
it should be easy either to develop from your side a South American
Company to handle this business, or to get a contract which will be
fair to us to handle it. I hope you are not doomed to disappointment
in your plans, confidentially stated, for the reorganization of the
E-B Company, for really this lies at the bottom of all future business
in Great Britain.

I note that you will forward the official document properly
executed closing up all the old matters, and that from this time on,
you will aggressively seek to come to a financial settlement. In
the absence of any cable from you this week regarding automatics or
remittance, I assume that the hoped for action by the Board on Y/ednes-
day has not been consummated. The delay in the matter of the automatics
is not only unbusiness like, but appears to me to be a studied scheme
to prevent the payment of money to us. If you can get business men
in charge of this Company it will be an immense relief.

I hear that Hough has ordered some 50 M. machines, which I
presume are for the E-B Company. Of course, this must be with the
connivance of Pratt and the managing directors, and is of a piece
with action disclosed in your letters of the 11th inst.

Germany.

I hope this matter will be brought to a head soon. It has
become very tedious as well as unsatisfactory, and it seems as though
with the evidenc^in their hands, our attorneys ought to be able to bring
things to a head without further delay.

France ■

I have a telegram from Mr. Morrison stating that you have

27 WL4MM SWEET- S’

NftrroHtc.'

S.F.M., No. 3, 2/25/99.

cabled, him to the effect that the price of Type 2. machines for Prance
has been definitely fixed at §10. and that no reference of any kind
is made in the contract to the Edison-Bell. Company, prom this I
judge that a new contract must have been prepared, inasmuch as paragraph
3 of the contract sent to me expressly provides that the prices on all
the French business shall be "at the same prices, and giving them the
same privileges that are given to the Edison-Bell Company and the
Consolidated Phonograph Company of London, according to the schedule
list of prices which is designated as the Third Schedule in the con¬
tract made between &c, &c, which schedule sets out in full the prices
arranged for the machines and accessories". There is no other
reference^ to prices in the contract. Moreover, in paragraph 5, ref¬
erence is made to an attached schedule showing the distribution of
5000 machines ordered, etc. There was no schedule attached to the con¬
tract as forwarded to me.

As I stated in my letter to Mr. Morrison, which he has no
doubt communicated to you, I am not willing that anything in the French
contract should allude to, or be predicated upon, our dealings with the
English Company, otherwise we may be in the future unpleasantly complica¬
ted, and litigation result. Have a new and clean schedule made for the
French Company absolutely independent of any other, so that the contract
shall be self contained and final.

I note by your letter that there is a clear understanding
regarding cash payment for shares, notwithstanding same is not expressed
in this contract.

The A. C. Co.

I have read with interest everything you have written regard-

ftw'tiroc.

S.F.M., No. 4, 2/25/99.

ing this business in your letters of the 1st, 4th, 8th and 11th inst.

My trip through the South has been almost an ovation in view of the
interest in, and popularity of, the round bale. The success of this
business has been assured beyond question, and the number of presses
which we shall be able to put out for the next crop, is only limited
by the utmost capacity of the works in Chicago, which are now being
run day and night. I am very greatly embarrassed by the delay on the
part of our English friends. I now wish that the business had never
been proposed to them, as in such case, I should before this have
completed a syndicate here to control the business and have the^noney
in hand. I ought, in justness to myself, to close the deal on your
side and take action here immediately, but your letters from time to
time have been so confident that the matter v/ould be soon consummated, and
in view of the possible future business with Lord Farquhar and his
friends in other and most important lines which 1 know to be entirely
feasible provided they are desirous of such a connection, I have held
the matter open until now daily expecting to hear from you that the
matter was finally closed. You must certainly admit that I have given
you every reasonable opportunity to consummate the business, and that I
am entirely justified in withdrawing it unless it is immediately con¬
cluded.

I now expect to reach New York on the 3rd of March after a
five week's absence, stopping on my way at Baltimore to complete the
organization of the new trust company referred to in my letter of a
fortnight or more ago. This is destined to be a very important and
profitable business, and j hoped to see our English friends participate
in it also, but inasmuch as they have not completed the Ootton Company

27 WMtHMsSTBEET,

N£*r«JHT ...

S.E.M., No. 5, 2/25/99.

master, I presume you have not presented this to them. Since my release
from the detail of the Sugar Company and the Bank, I have had timejto
consider some other matters which otherwise I could not have done, and
I am in a position to control to mutual advantage, some very important
and profitable business matters in which English capital might very
profitably be interested, but if the slowness evinced in the A. 0.
Company transaction is characteristic of all business on your side, it
renders impossible any such connection, as, in the best things which
transpire here, it usually happens that prompt action is the condition
on which they are secured. I beg of you not to allow this matter to
drag any longer, but give me immediately on my return, either an
absolute settlement of the business or a withdrawal of the proposition.

New York, February 28th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.

I have at last received permission fVom Mr Searles to
ship the 475 Type No. 2 Phonographs, and they will, go forward per
the Atlantic Steamship Line, Saturday, March 4th.

I am aiiso in receipt of a letter from him , a copy of which X
enclose, upon receipt of which today, I cabled you.

I have also written him, as follows

. "*n reference to the French Contract, T do not understand' that
this is the final and complete contract, but gives the terms as
"near as possible at that time.

"I think in all probability there will be some changes as to
"details, but the general terms of the contract will probably not
"be changed;, and I understand his telegram to mean that the
"reference' to the Edison Bell contract has been stricken out."

"Doubtless also there v/ill be a clause inserted' in regard to
"manufacturing rights, and the object in sending on this memorandum
"oTAgreement was in order that no time should be lost.""

{ <> > ,

expect him to return home March 4th or 6th.

[ENCLOSURE]

John F. Searles
27 William Street.

Hew York. Private Car "lolanthe",

Fn Route, Atlanta, Ga.

February 25th, 1899.

Mr. 0. M. Morrison, Secretary,

27 William Street,

New York City.

Dear Sir:-

Your telegram of yesterday received on my arrival here
this morning. I notice' what you say regarding prices in the French
contract. This it totally at variance with the contract itself in
the third paragraph. I do not know what to make of it. If a new
contract has been made, which must be the ease if the cable is
correct, we should have the new contract before authorizing it to
be closed. Try and ascertain the facts by cable before wo go any
further.

Yours very truly,

(sgd. ) Jno. F. Searles.

JTtomMj/; S//tho>K & 7l.7?l<»‘i4ent $ce*t&vn

J Tffrrwrfy, fay Mviu>ri, Erector.' T^ndn/lsflij/uti/et Jfa

Vjrn/m/rm,

27 WILLIAM STREET.

5. F. Moriarty, Bsq. ,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-

The regular Annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company was held March Gth, 1899 at the office of the Company at
Oarnge, New Jersey, and the following gentlemen were elected
Directors to serve for the ensuing year.

Mr John R. Searles.

Mr Stephen F. Moriarty.

Mr Henry G. Marquand.

Mr Thomas C. Platt.

Mr G. II. Mori son.

Mr Winthrop M. Tuttle.

Mr George V.'. Oakley.

Mr J. T. McChesney.

Mr Samuel M. Robinson.

Mr Robinson is now located in Philadelphia, and some one else
will no doubt be appointed in his place in due course'.

The meeting passed off quietly.

Yours^very truly.

Secretary.

14. Austinfriars.

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Enclosed I send you copy letter received from Mr Bettcher.
With your approval I propose to write to Mr Horrwitz partner desiring
him to take the matter up and to at once institute and prosecute

with all possible vigor the contemplated proceedings against Mr
Stollwerck, the other directors, and the German Co. I shall be

S.E.Moriarty Esq.

Edison House

Northumberland Avenue,

(Bhisan^ansu |E@)
iRtfrilmmlrjerlanjtr SUyjenxxje,
ICxrjtjErxw,

IOth March 1899.

Dear Mr Moriarty,

I have no news from you this morning, and there is
nothing much of importance to write about.

I enolas e you herewikt/i a cable message which has just come in,
and as you will get this letter first thing in the morning I have not
cabled it as it is a long message, and you will get the letter in a
few hours now.

I also enclose you copies of two letters received from the Edison-
Bell Co:. We have only an additional* order from tnem for 85000 blanks
and on my pointing this out to Mr Pratt he adnitted his mistake and
told me that an official order would be sent forthwith for the other
85000 making the 50000 mentioned in the letter. If you will let me
know in the morning and you wish a cable message to be sent I will
draw out the necessary cable and get the mone* from them, as obviously
this is a matter for them to pay for, and unless the money is got
beforehand they will raise all sorts of objections afterwards.

The other letter shows the spirit they are acting in now, and
demand payment in advance for outlays that heretofore have been,
debited to our account, as is usual in such matters between Companies
doing business with each other. I will do nothing in this matter until
your return and will remind you of this matter then.

There is nothing else I can think of to write you about to-day.
Yours very truly.

[ENCLOSURE]

KDISON-BELL CONSOLIDATED PHONOGRAPH COJ LTD.
39 Charing Cross Road. W.C.

9th March, .1899.

The Edison United Phonograph Co:

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue. W.C.

Dear Sirs,

With reference to the blanks on order, we understand thfit
you have so far only ordered forward the thirty thousand barrels
of the first lot, and we shall be much obliged if you will kindly
cable for than to ship the fifty thousand afterwards ordered as
early as possible.

At the present time we have not a single Record in the
place except. Master Records, and Edisonia is in as bad a state
for want of Blanks, and therefore you will see the urggioy of
this order, and we shall be glad therefore if you will kindly do
your very best to urge these blanks forward.

Yours faithfully,

(Signed) F. W. Pratt.

General Manager,

[ENCLOSURE]

Copy Letter.

BDISON-BBLL CONSOLIDATED PHONOGRAPH CO: LTD.
39 Charing Cross Road. w. C.

8th March, 1899.

Messrs The Edison United Phonograph Co!
Bdigon House',

Northumberland Avenue. W.C.

Dear Sirs,

We have had application made to us for payment, of
Income Tax in respect of property and House Duty, amounting in
all to £49.11,8. Will you be good enough to send us a cheque
for one-fourth of this amount to enable ua to settle at once.

Yours faith £lilly,

(Signed) p. y, Pratt.,

General Managi

Mr. S. F. Moriarty,

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue,

London, W. C., England.

Dear Sirs-

Your cablegram of the 7th inst. received, by which 1 understand
that lord Ravelstrok will sail tomorrow. I shall consequently expect
him at the end of next week, and trust that your assxirances as to the
certainty of his promptly closing the business will be fully realized.

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^jariTjumfrjerlattjb- Stfrerarje,

Iff^rtjCrxrn,

Dear Mr Moriarty,

Your telegram did not arrive here last night until
7.30 so Attorbuiry infoxms me, 30 that it was impossible to attend to
it last night. 1 asked Mr Pratt this morning for the Articles of
Association, and am sending them to you herewith by separate registers!
book post, and hope you will safely receive the package.

A cable oarae in this morning which I immediately transmitted to
you by wire using the code words used, and hope it has been properly
telegraphed, and that you will have no difficulty in decifiring it.

I now send the original message, and as I was careful to typewrite
the message sent to you this morning I hope it has gone through exactl;
so that you may be able to got the. proper reading of the message
to-day. , as evidently Mr Morison desires a quick answer, and it was
that reason that prompted me to send you the message by wire at once.

I will* look back again later on in the day, as it is Saturday afternoc
in case you wire an answer which I. will immediately code and re-direct

Mr Pratt mentioned to-day th*. Lord Denbigh request ad STto make
enquiry if it was possible to hold, the meeting next week on X«* Tuesday
instead of Wed:. I told him that I. would communicate with you. Mr
Pratt said that Sir Wm: Jones is ill and confined to his room, Mr
Smith i. .MU ror„ ill i„ Glasgow* and oannot o»s and Mr wra,t i,

Z7. T 7'h A,,ri1, ■"* ■>«”■“* — » fend . meeting on

bnt Mr Mr.tt »„ ... that there will |

r Annan is expeotod baok to-day, but it is not known what his movement!

will be next week. I communicate to yon these fact 3, so that you nw
Jcnow how to act. Mr Pratt says that unless Sir Vta: Jones is better ai <
able to come out on Tuesday tWe cannot be a meeting, as he is sure
Mr Smith will not come down next week, the reports being very bad
concerning him, but if you wish me to communicate further with you on
Monday morning early let me know and I will do so.

The weather has turned again for the worst to-day being wet and
misty again, and very treacherous.

Voars very truly.

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llth. March 1899.

Edison House, HORTHUMBEKTiAHD AVEHUE. H.C.

Dear Sir,

1 am instructed by the Chairman to ask if you will be
good enough to favour us with a cheque for the cabinet&which
cheque 1 understand was to be repaid to this Company in 10 days
from the last Board Meeting.

I am, dear Sir,

Yours faithfully,

/iJene ral Manager.

I mEZ\ i

Telephone N?p Bank.

Telegraphic Adlress,

“Coates: London.

(CORHER OF COLEMAN ST.)

^JrmOs/,

smarms, March-i4th .

S.P.Morlarty Esq.

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue.

W.C.

Dear Sir,

I oomraunioated with the Secretary. of the Edison Bell
Consolidated Phonograph Co. yesterday asking whether the transfers
from you to myself of the £3,000 Debentures and 336 Ordinary
shares had gone through but he replies this morning that he has
not yet reoeived the oertificates from you. When I saw you
ten days or a fortnight ago you promised that this would be
carried out immediately. X now give you notice that unless
this matter is put through by 12. o' clock on Friday next the
17th inst. I shall place the matter in the hands of my Solicitor
without any further delay.

Telephone N!2I8 Bank.

Telegraphic Aodress,
“Coates'; London.

•9.9, . A'.C.

(CORNER OP COLEMAN ST.)

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S.F.Moriarty Esq.

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue,
W.C.

Dear Sir,

-Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co.-
We beg to inform you that taless we receive the cheque
from you due to us in the above matter by 12. o' clock on Friday
next the 17th inst we shall place the matter in the hands of our
Solicitor without any further delay.

New York, March 14th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriartyt -PERSONAL.

I am duly in receipt of your letters of March 1st and 4th
contents of which are all noted.

I do not know who the Gould! is that you refer to, but
I ascertained! that a man named Fred A. D'A Goold, sailed on the
"Teutonic" February 22nd.

No one seems to know who this man ir, and if I find out
anything about him, I Irill let you know at once*.

iThere is a man by the name of Alfred Clarke, he has a
middle name, but X cannot find out what it is? just now, who used;
to be with Tewksbury in the United States Phonograph Company, Newar/o

C.E.

but who is now employed by^Stevens, and I am told is at present in
London.

He is reported! to have taken some "GEM" machines, and is
soliciting orders for them, as well as for Edison's larger machine
of which latter type’, namely the new large machine;, Edison is
reported to have shipped about two weeks ago some thirty of these
to London.

X have not had this verified, but I have no dohbt itnis so.

There has been made only 25 of the little GEM machines, so
Gilmore states?, and I hear it from other sources, but there will be
a lot of them ready very shortly, and there is no doubt at all, but
that they will be shipped abroad in quantities?, for everybody has?

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orders for them, therefore I hope? that your French Company and the
reorganisation of the EdisonwBell Board, will be entirely completed
before any noise ia ntde abroad about these small "GEM" machines.

I enclose you a cut of the machine, and am doing my level best
to get hold of one of them to ship you from some other source thanh
theca Phonograph Works, for it is clearly evident, that neither
Edison or Gilmore want us to have one, as they distributed) 25 of
them as samples to Stevens’, ^their show-room at 26th St. & Broadway
/<fthe Consolidated! Phonograph Companies, Ltd. Newark, had one, which
they shipped to Philadelphia, but it will be returned to them,

4'the Edisoniani a Co., Newark, N. J. of which A.O. Pettit, is General
Manager, and to other persona*

We were not even notified by the Works?, much less were' we>
permitted to have a sample.

The Enclosedl cut. shows? at the right-hand side a push-button
which stops and atarts the machine, as you push it in or pull it
out, also in the same mechanism is a speed regulator, the push¬
button goes through the apedd- regulator, and the speed-regulator
turns on a screw.

You see other people get these things^ and we do not.

Yours very truly,

y l, <7-t C^i er / C

smailWGEMdrnspMn &t po?3ibl« for Y°« to take1 orders for this

machine1 will wear however vj ’ * * 1 do not know how wel1 the

. h°WeV0r at the difference in price

still on second thoughts, X guess it is better not to try to take
orders unless you have a sample', although the machine is going to
sell here like hot cakes, and my hope was that we would be able to
show big orders for this small machine before they got very ihr in
their shipments.

Now let me> caution you that knowing the feeling of Mr SearleB
in.regard to orders and business from past experience, you should
send us on wxibc the order- signed by the parties ordering the goods,
or if a cable order-, have it signed by the Company ordering them,
withe-, a knowledge of how they are going to be paid for-.

I advise this 3imply to make sure that when your order is
received), Mr Searles cannot delay filling it, on account of not
knowing how he is to get his money, n etc. Why not have two origi¬
nals executed by the Company, you keep one, and send the other to

there-, with a check Ibr tZf t ft*1*™ in Phon°sraphs

Prescott had .hipped to, }500. «orth o? M, good" ' ""

the ’I™* «*

that the maximum disoount is 35 per cent ^ut ^ Whioh you win see

order 35 th./told n0, giS. ^“hf^’ce"? STSU,’”

Sa4nS,r^yoft‘.ga1eS T.IZV oT to ihe
what we could buj them at in large quantitieJ. °°Ur8e d° n0t kn°W

W*AM PRETTY SURE MR SEARLES WILL NOT PAY TOR THOqw nan i»w«.
THEREFORE I HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEND ME MORY m ™ t

EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS.

Orange, N. J. March 16, 1899.

Edison United Phonograph Co.,

G. N. Mori son, Esq., Sec.,

27 William St., new York.

Dear Sir:-

We are to-day sending you by express one "Gem" phonograph
The machine as it is sent you is the same as our regular production
will be, with the exception that we purpose adopting metal mandrels
instead of tht.wooden mandrel such as is now on the machine. We,
however, up to this writing have not been able to secure a mandrel
which just suits us, and have inot yet finally decided just what
style it shall be.

Yours very truly,

(Signed-.) j. r. Schermerhorn,

jrs/tww

Asst. General Manager.

S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-

Referring to the Memroandum of Agreement made the 7th
day of February, 1899, between the Edison Bell Cosiwlidated Phono¬
graph Company, Ltd., the Edison United Phonograph Company, and
Stephen Fv . Moriarty "Compromising points in Difference’'.

We note that the American Company shall not be entitled
to call upon the Consolidated Company to accept deliveries of the
undelivered residue of 550 Phonographs, except for the purpose of
maintaining the stock of the Consolidated Company at the limit of
450 machines, but, there is no limit of time in which they c an put
off ordering the automatic machines shipped!, and it would be in
their power to do so indefinitely, we therefore call your special
attention to ithis point.

We beg to notify you that the Automatic Phonographs stord cf-
in Brooklyn, for account of the Edison Bell Consolidated Phono)

Co: Ltd’., have not been insured , and we would thank you to kindly
formerly notify them of this fact, and that if they wish them
insured they must remit us the money to pay the premium.

Fours very truly, ^ , ,/

_ _ ■; • 'T/7/1

Mr. S. F. Moriarty,

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue ,

London, W. 0., England.

Dear Sir:-

I was as much chagrined as surprised when on Monday instead
of meeting Lord Ravelstrok as 1 expected, 1 received a. cable from you
stating that he would not be here for another fortnight. The In¬
ternational Trust Company was organised a week ago with a Board of
Directors representing the strongest financial interests in the City of
Baltimore. In addition to the cotton and warehouse business, con¬
cerning which I have already written you, we have secured the immense
business of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, and of the enterprises
represented by Mr. J. Skelton Williams, President of the Company, and
Middendorf, Oliver & Company, of Baltimore, besides a foreign con¬
nection which promises to be very valuable. The announcement of these
interests in combination in the new Trust Company resulted in a great
rush for subscriptions in Baltimore, and the entire capital stock of
§2,000,000. plus §1,000,000. surplus was subscribed five times over
within twenty-four hours, the result being a tremendous pres sub upon
me from my Baltimore associates to surrender a part of my interest
which I had reserved for my English associates. . This I stubbornly
refused to do, expecting the matter to be settled on Monday on the ar¬
rival of Lord R. It was useless in view of the delay to think of
holding the matter open, as I go to Baltimore this evening tcjmeet to¬
morrow the Committee and members of the Board with a view to com¬
pleting the organization. I am surprised beyond measure to think

8. F. M., No. 2, 3/21/99.

you should have waited until Lord R. should have arrived here before
advising me that he had not sailed.

I have been holding on to the Cotton Company business for
his arrival, under circumstances which have been extremely disagreeable,
but with the assurance that the matter was to be settled this week.

It is useless, however, to dally with them any longer, and I shall
immediately organize a syndicate to place the stock here.

Yours very

P. S. Your cable received stating that a meeting will be held
tomorrow with Farquhar and Hardwicke, when they are to give their
final decision.

New York, March 27th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.

I have just seen Mr Searles, and he is altogether annoyed
about this business, and he says he was never so much inortified)
about anybusiness in his life, as he has been about this, and that
if you do not show some business in 30 days, he is going to tell
Edison, he can sell machines anywhere he darn pleases.

He saw Edison at Lakewood last week, and he is going to have
him down there again this week, but he says Edison wants his money
for the 2,000 machines-, which he has had stored there for us for a
long time, and when I talkedi to him about Edison having ruined a

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number of contracts for us, which ! m on the point: of completion
A '

and. is still shipping no end of machines abroad*, he says that he da

doe® not wonder- Edison does ship abroad), that we do no business,
and we have got nobody over there- that can do it; that everything
is going to be accomplished) next week or next Christmas, or some¬
thing jro that effect and that Annan comes on here and tells Edison
that he controls the Board of the Edison-gell. ,

When Mr Searles remarked that he would tell Edison he
could ship where he pleased’, if you did no business in 30 days, I
said "0 no you would not Mr Searle®, and when you see Mr Edison you
"should meet him not in a spirit as if you were in the wrong, but
"on the contrary, and try to arrange so that we can get control of
"those machine®, and there will be no doubt about our sending
orders fot them", but he replied that that is absurd’, there is a

big Company formed srer there which cannot even take the 2,000
machine s they have ordered.

You can see from this how dissatisfied Mr Searles is, and how
impossible' it would be for him to accompli sh .anything with Mr
Edison, if he should be in this spirit when he meets him.

I tried to show him that this was entirely the wrong view' to
take of U, but we cannot expect to accomplish much with Edison
nor v;can we now expect, much from Mr Searles, unless orders are re¬
ceived!, and he can feel there is a fair prospect for future busi¬
ness, and one parting shot he gave to me, was "there is the German
Company, which has never amounted to anything", and the long and
short of it, is, that if we want Mr Searles do-operation and aid,
we have .got to show business-, and cannot count upon it until we do.

In order to accomplish anything with Edison, it would be
necessary for Mr Searles to guarantee some big orders or give his
personal assurance of early future business, but as Mr Searles has

not the confidence' himself he should hav®, it is not worth while
for you to make yourself believe you have his entire confidence,
when you have not, therefore it does not look to-day as if Mr
Searles was likely to accomplish anything with Edison even if he
does see him this week, unless we get some business-.

The orders for Cylinders are not counted as anything, and Mr

s* °» ‘h»"- unti1

it to-day. ’ d he S9emi, altogether- discouraged, t abot

April 4, 1899.

Mr. S. F. Moriarty,

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue,

London, W. C., England.

Dear Sir:-

Your letters of the 25th tat:.. received. I am glad to know
that you have hopes of being able to rearrange matters with the
Edison-Bell Company before long and put them upon a more satisfactory
basis. It is needless to say that it will be a very great relief to me
when this is done. As to support, I have never failed to give you that
to the fullest degree, and only covet an opportunity to carry out some
definite business proposition which you will be able to submit, not only
for London, but for Paris and the Continent. Mr. Annan's visit here
has tended to demoralize matters somewhat, and I shall hope soon to
here that you have interested other parties to take his place.

I see by the newspapers that Lord Ravelstrok arrived on
Saturday, and I have Lord Hardwicke's letter saying that he has
given hin an introduction, but he has not yet presented it. I shall
doubtless hear from him soon.

I remain.

My Dear Mr Mori arty,

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5th Apl 1899

Gouraud v Edison United

Mr Munro has Instructed me to appear to the Writ which has
been served- upon him and has handed to me a memorandum containing
a note of your views in reference to the jurisdiction of the Court
I am applying to set the Writ and the service aside as irregular.
The application is to be heard on the 13th inst, before which date
it. will be necessary for me to prepare an affidavit in support of
the appli c at ion . I have also received from Mr Munfco this evening
a further Writ which has been served by Mr Gouraud by which he
claims a sum of £886 alleged to b8 due from the Edison United to
Messrs Bireham & Co and to have been assigned by them to Mr Gour¬
aud; this writ was served last Thursday. I shall appear tomorrow
and shall take the same course in this action as I have taken in
that to which reference has been made above. It. is very necessary
that these proceedings should be dealt with promptly vigourously
and completely and I shall be glad 6f the earliest opportunity
of conferring with you upon the subject. It is obvious that Mr
Gouraud is prompted by some feeling of enmity against your Com- -
pany and it is singular that he should have selected this time
for his attack; the question is,, what has occurred to set him in
motion.

Please pardon me for dictating this letter, but unless I
do so it will not catch tonight's Mail. I only received the Writ

in the Second action at a late hour this evening.

Yours faithfully,

GEORGE RIDDELL,
pp R.G.S.

Stephen F. Moriarty Esq.,
Ritz Hotel, Paris.

(Slbison ’fficrnsii (IS)
^0rlljum&jerlartir SMjunxxe,
y&axitSQTi,
ffll. ®.

6th April 1899.

Dear Mr Moriarty,

I had a latter from Mr Riddell this morning x a
oopy of which X ancles e yoa. It speaks for itself, and I have only to
say that I telephoned him to-day and Mr Riddell has aBked me to go to
his offioe to-morrow afternoon for the purpose of swearing an affidavit
which I will do, and will advise you.

There is nothing elBe of importance to refer to to-day, and I
have simply to eiolose the letters that arrived for you.

Yours very truly.

P.S.

There are letters in this morning from both Clarke of Madrid and
Palm of Vienna asking for cheques to be sent them immediately. Palms
a/c is £51 and as he it is most out of pocket expenses he must have;
a remittance soon.

[ENCLOSURE]

Copy Letter.

9 John Street,

Bedford Row. W.C.
5th April, 1899.

Dear Sir,

QOURAUD v BDISON UNITED.

ACTION Wo: 1.

We enclose copy surmiona which we have issued. You will
observe that, it is to be heard on the 13th inst: before whioh date
it will be necessary for us to prepare an affidavit in support, of
the application. We shall require to see you or sane other
officer for the purpose of obtaining the information necessary to
enable iis to prepare the affidavit. Will you kindly let us know
when it will be convenient for you to call. We shall also be
glad to know when Mr Moriarty is expected to return as it is very
necessary that these actions should be dealt with promptly and
completely.

ACTION No: a.

We are duly in receipt of your favour of yesterday's
date with the enclosed copy Writ. We shall take the same course
in this action as we have pursued in reference to the other case.
Appearance must be entered in this action to-morrow.

Yours faithfltlly,

(Signed) Riddell, & Co:

Boo! Munro, Bsq,

Bdi son House,

Northumberland Avenue.

Mew York, April 8th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.

It has been suggested to me that the reason the small "GEM"
machine- and the "Cbncert Grand" are not yet out in any quantity, is
due the feet that there may be contention between the Phonograph
and Graphophone* in regard to it due to the feet that there may have
been an understanding- between them that Edison would not put out a
small machine* to compete with the Graphophone Company's small
machine? but this is only the hearsay which has come to me, and
purely conjecture, for my part I do not believe there is anything
in the report.* but Edison is holding back quotations to dealers-,
and they cannot understand it, and Mr Searles may have possibly
had something to do with this, without letting me know, as he has*
had one interview with Mr Edison, but he does not talk as if he had

done anything, although I have been urging him constantly.

FROM MY RECENT LETTERS, YOU MUST BE FULLY AWARE: OF THE FEELING
MR SEARLES' ENTERTAINS TOWARDS THIS BUSINESS, AND I HAVE NOT FOUND
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BRINGING BEFORE HIM THE LITTLE MATTER OF THE
CABINETSVBECAUSE WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH OTHER THINGS, AND A VERY
DISCOURAGING MATTER LIKE THIS WOULD NOTNHAVE HELPED THE SITUATION,
THIS IS WHY I HAVE WRITTEN YOU TWO OR THREE LETTERS' ASKING1 YOU TO
TRY TO COLLECT FROM THE EDISON BELL ENOUGH MONEY TO SEND ME TO PAY
THIS BILL TO THE HERRMANN COMPANY, SAY $600. AND I HAVE JUST
RECEIVED ANOTHER STATEMENT FROM THEM, WHICH WORRIES ME’. . IF YOU CAN

SUCCEED IN THIS, CABLE l

. 1 ME ™E MONEY ON RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER,

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I KNOW THAT MR. SEARLES WILL NOT PAY SUCH A BILL.

I am endeavoring to dispose' of the 12 Cabinets her®, but have
not succeeded yet, and this little matter causes me a great deal
of annoyance.

I do not like to bother you about this Cabinet business, but
what am I to do, for I can hardly get money for actual shipments,
much less' to pay for Cabinets which have been thrown on our hands.

Yours very truly.

fireu'dait: JTtCmMjtf &/tAon; S. 7£7?lwtd0/l/, Sccntmry.

<§te/l/wn'Jl 77/orcartl/, tm> Beeu&td Minor;/ Stored*# Z0td/*m/vM3"U6tt 'Vfr

Dear Siri¬
us had a talk with Mr M. V. Grass’ yesterday in regard to
some new Styles of Phonographs^ which he is getting out, and the
special models to which I wish to call your attention, will probabj-
be called! the "Multiplex Kommercial", one style ofv.which, is run by
a spring-motor, the other style to be run by electricity, fitted
with a very nice little resistance coil, and I want to send you a
model just as soon as I can.

The list prices of the Spring-motor style will probably be
about $65.00, and the price to dealers, about $42.50 nett..

The cost of this machine to us, in lots of about 200, will be
in the neighborhood of $22.00, a little more or less*

The electrical styles will list not less than $100., and
probably more.

The cost of this electric machine to us will be from 32 to 35
Dollars or thereabout®, in quantity.

These figures are all estimated^ therefore? do not take them as
a quotation, for they may be changed!. We simply asked for them

ffi/t/ns$.<$‘ew/ej, 7&c.u,Antt Jfomaidt fiefam & TiT/kredotv, <§*en&t,ry.

Sb/i/ww 37?lena-rty, %Zc Wnsu'eknt. J&fafrry &**&>>■ Jrr,tM„:>r

in order to enable you to form some sort of calculation in regard
to them.

I have always felt, that this Multiplex Machine would be
of great servioe to us some day, and I do not believe that anybody
who sees a "Commercial Multiplex^" side by side with an Edison Sprinj
m° tom, will hesitate a moment in choosing the S> cylinder machine,
if it sounds as well, and X believe it will, although I have not
yet heard one, but there seems to me no reason why it should not.

If I had the money, I would order- one of each style bui^t. at
once. A model of the electric machine would cost us about $75.00
and the Clock-motor model about $25.00

Mr Searles however is not now in the frame of mind’, over this
business; to encourage men to ask for the money to buy them, but I
will try to get one as soon as possible.

Yours very truly,

A/Hz Z l- o*l L j -Crt l/

Secretary.

P.S. Another** important thing about Multiplex machines 1b, that
Mr Ores S3 will carry out any reasonable request of ours in regard to
protecting our territory, where we have the Patents. I hope you
will be able to give us an order for these new Commercials, which
_ Can US9 agalnsi ^di son .machine if necessary*

S. F. Moriarty, Eaq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-

uaf/Uor/tfh

:Apjzil_lA±h,^m9A.^X _

Mr Searles informed me this morning that he had received
a quotation from Edison, as follows:-

Concert Grand Phonograph in lots of 50 §50.00 each.

"GEM" Phonograph in lots of 2,500 3.85 each

in lots off 5,000 3.75; «

Mr Searles stated that Edison has written him asking
when he will take- the Standard Machines still undelivered, and call
ing his attention to the fact that he said he would take them long

Mr Searles has written you by this mail, but I have not
seen the letter, and Mr Searles has kept the letter he received

from Mr Edison, therefore I do not know the full contents of that .
-Urit-ash SULfUUs Ajcs si '

I told Mr Searles that we should have better prices than

those quoted, but nothing more will be done in the matter, until we
get a bona fide order.

Mr Searles is so discouraged about the business all the time,
oars* the delays in getting the French contract through, and other

/.oi. Mkm£mA Amwlf Sdtom S. 7&77lmik>n4 $e«nsfart/.

r/l/l /;//.' 77777/0/1#/////, Kn Mauimf/ •S/t/mtory SHnefor.' 7$tit/nv/t/, 77/: 7777///a .Trr/u

things, that it requires a great effort on my partAto keep up my
own courage.

Yours very truly,

71 o-i wru/

Secretary.

?!S* Ii3e“t y°u 80me time ago a yellow card' giving the discount a
MacMnptrfne^«e5e! 0n ’’G1EM" phonographs, ranging from 25 % on 5
notS™ +n * °n raachine8> not cumulative?, and I have heard]
nothing to disprove these quotations*

New York, April 19th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.

Prescott said to me yesterday that you had a new machine?, and
that if the Supply Company was formed’, you would give them this
machine;.

X note in one of your letters, that you say that the new
Edison Bell Company and the French Company, and all others, Ij
suppose will be obliged to buy from us, all Phonographs and Supplier
they require*, this is a very important matter, and cannot be
exaggerated, and I would like to call your attention to the
importance of making it very clear in regard to Records and Blanks,

Mr Gresd' called in yesterday, and I tell you, they are likely
to be a factor on this business in a very very short time, they are
getting out some nice little commercial machines, of which I have
written you, and I will send you a sample as soon as I can get one,
probably next week.

I sent you a model of a weight-motor Phonograph in a geeat big
tall case;, this machine has been immensely improved. End I intend
to ship you another one, with all the latest improvements and it
works well, but in order to avoid paying for it, you must return
to us the one you have-, and you had better do thi s right away,
because the one you have is so imperfect that it will be no use to
you whatever.

Kindly note; that this weight-motor machine is thought so much
of here; by one man who knows all about Phonographs, that he is
striving to make a contract with Cress' for a hundred or two of

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theae machines for this Country, and has offered' to give Mr Gress
$100. per week for 100 machines clear and clean of every sort of
expense for one or two years, but Mr Gress thinks he can make more
and he may not accept the offer, although it would not restrict
except in a limited territory.

ytvjCa f- Tr*

Please keep this^ perfectly secret., because if it got out, it
would hurt us in our relations with Mr Gress, and probably destroy
hiis confidence in us, and that is^that before very long- theire will
probably be formed here- a large Company for the Multiplex including
the commercial machines and all his stylfe®, and 1 am watching it

to see- that we are protected in every sense of the word. M~

Lr.Jy n.drtrCfo. 4/*<. A it/.

V I have been watching his little business, and it has been
growing constantly, and he has two experts experimenting for him
all the time, and has spent a good deal of money, so that as we own
the foreign Patents (conditionally) 1 look to some considerable
advantage to us in this style of machine and our pleasant relations
with him, which I want to keep up, because he tells me much which
he would not tell to others, and we can get many an advantage with
a little reciprocity on our side'.

Another point i* regard to Gress is, that I have twice spoken
tp him with a viem to getting your Brother something to do, I
urged it strongly, and he does not want it even known that I made
any suggestion of the kind to him, but he will not ibrget it, and
if an opportunity/ presents himself where he can us® him, I think I

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stand as good a chance as any ones of getting it, but you must
realise that it has been so far only a feeler, and nothing may corns
of it, but I am trying-.

Yourws very truly,

-f // /v W,,-.,'

P.s. I enclose you a clipping from to-day's Sux* of an advertisement
of the Gram-o-phones, read it carefully, and note what they say about
their cylinders.

RIDDELL, VAIZEY & SMITH. fj,

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dcr/tfJwsst.', tKc’ZGth Apl 1899

Dear Mr Moriarty,

Gouraud v The Company

I regret to say that the Judge yesterday dismissed the appeal
but gave the defendants leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal pro¬
vided that the Appeal is entered _wl thin a week from yesterday^. He .
also staid all further proceedings pending the hearing of the Appeal
should the defendants determine to avail themselves of the privilege.
1 shall be glad to receive your Instructions upon the subject in the
course of tomorrow. I think that the Judge is wrong, but it Is for
you to say whether you will fight the action out here or make a fur¬
ther endeavour to relegate the plaintiff to th^taerican Courts.

Yours veryyraith£t

Stephen F. Moriarty Esq.,

Edison House, Northumberland Avenue.

My lord ai d Gentlemen,

Referring to the approximate Balance Sheet, I desire
to draw attention to the fact that in taking Stock, X have had
to resort to a method which I thought might be sufficient for
present purposes, but ito ich of course would not be followed in
a Balance she*t for publication.

I have taken the total number of Machines sold,
added the stodc on hand here, and deducted these from the total
purchased, aid have taken the difference as being at the wharf.

According to the books, this Company purchased 791 "0"
Machines and 185 "D" or "H" Machines; total 976. I can only
account far 929, being a deficiency of 47. These Machines
cost £17. each. Total deficiency £799.

The Company also purchased 100 old Slot Machines at
£17. each. X can only account for 89, being a deficiency of
11, which at £17. each amounts to £187.

There is also an amount of £1,200. paid by the Company
for "Stock of Materials at Head Office". I have been informed
that "Materials" were taken at valuation. This amount was
made up as follows . "Cells £428, Cylinders £136, Records
£506, Accessories £130.

In connection with the Branches I find that this Com¬
pany paid £713. for Stock of Materials. I have no record how
this amount was arrived at.

Leeds, Cardiff and Newcastle Branches have been
closed. £133.18.0. was paid for "Materials" at Leeds and Car¬
diff Branches (being part of the above £713), but when the
stock, other than Machines, was returned here, it was only con¬
sidered worth a nominal figure.

I have had considerable difficulty in deciding how
these items should be treated in the approximate Profit and
Loss Account and Balance Sheet, and after consultation with Mr.
Annan I adopted the following course. The total purchase price
was £160,000, and this has been apportioned on estimated values,
.the balance being treatted as the cost of Patents, Goodwill, &c.;
In my opinion the £1,913. apportioned to "Stock of Materials"
was very-much over estimated, therefore I have written back
£1,379, which increases the balance on Patents, Goodwill, &c.,
Account by that amount, and leaves Stodc of Materials as cost¬
ing £534. I have also carried the estimated deficiency in the
Electrical Machines to the debit of the Patents, Goodwill, &c..
Account, because, subject to my figures being correct, there
must have been an error in the original number taken over.

I have also carried the expenses of the Newspaper
Scheme to the debit of an Establishment Expense Account, and
have not, at the present, debited same to Profit and LossAc-
count.

Referring to the amount £41,198.7.6. for Purchases, I

will mention that this figure includes wages and expenses di¬
rectly expended for. putting goods in saleable condition.

Under this arrangement the gross profit works out ait
about 40$ on the return.

135 old Electrical Machines have been sold. The
proceeds of the sale of these Machines is held in reserve for
redemption of Debenture: Stock.

There is a difference in the books of £56.7.10.,
which has been for the moment debited to Profit and Loss Ac¬
count.

An amount, £199.14.6., due from Mr. Hough for Licenses
is still outstanding, and is held up as an Asset. This was one

of the assets taken over from the old Corporation. Mr. Hough
tells me it was settled when the Shares in Edisonia were pur¬
chased, but I cannot find that this was so. There is a debit
balance of £750. for a Bill met by this Company on behalf of
Edisonia, which presumably will be written off against the
£1,500 Debenture Stock since received.

In submitting my conclusions I would point out that
there were several abnormal circumstances during the period
under review.

The Company went to allotment on March 8th., from
which date Debenture Interest was paid, but the purchase was
not completed until April 7th., and no business appears to have

been done until far in May. Say no trading for two months
with interest running.

From April 7th. to August 31st. not one- third of the
total business to 31st. Deo ember was done. As a contrast, in
the one month of December about one-fifth of the gross business
was done.

Organization is responsible for heavy expenditure in
Law Costs, Travelling and General charges, and is not likely to
be recurrent. There has also been a considerable charge for
storing and insuring Stock.

The Rent Rates, &c. , of Edison House, for 3 months
unused, aanunt to about £200.

I estimate the annual charges, including Debenture
Interest, but not taking into consideration depreciation of
Patents, &c., at about £19,000, which, taking the gross profit
on a basis of 40$, requires a turnover of £47,500. per annum.

Nothing has been written off for depreciation of
Patents, & c.,

A. SIMPSON SLATER.

Secretary.

26th. April 1899,

New York, May 4th, 1899.

My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.

When your cable crf^May 3rd!, was received yesterday, I
showed it ~/o Mr Se arias?, and he remarked that you had said the same
thing last week, but I replied that you stated that the money had’
not been arranged satisfactorily, but he said it had not been
arranged yet according to this, and he is in a frame of mindi to
place no reliance upon anything until it is finally and positively
accomplished!.

Within the past week I have received! two communication®
from the Herrmann Furniture & Plumbers Cabinet Company, requesting
payment, and X was obliged to reply that I would give the matter
attention Monday or Tuesday, but I did not speak to Mr Searles
afaout it until yesterday when I took down the cable, notwithstand¬
ing the fact that the goods were shipped in January and February,
and I am surprised that they have allowed the account to stand so
long, I have however been in hope-s that we would get some remitt¬
ance from the Edison Bell for the Automatics or for the seven or
eight hundred dollars on the packing, storage, etc-, which they owe
on them, to enable us to pay this unfortunate bill', without asking
Mr Searles, as X was perfectly sure^that it only needed some such
pretext as this? to act as the"last straw? therefore I was not sur¬
prised at his becoming very much incensed! at my asking for the

money fbr such anaecoumtt, but in addition to

this w«r owe1 the Phono¬

graph Works? $3,955.18’,

and they demanded money this week also,

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consequently Mr Searles said he would not pay another- dollar, and
when I tried to make him 8ay positively whether I should order
the Concert Grand Cylinders and Records ordered in your cablff, he
refused to give me permission to do so, and said he would not ship
any goods? without the money, and askedl me where we v/ere to get the
money flcr them.

Finally I said, as he rose from his chair- "What am?; I-ou going
to do about these accounts", he said * He did not know'1 that he
could not do anything, and he also remarked that he had better uses
for his money, and he walkedl out of the room to call in another man
leaving me sitting there.

He looked?, so put out that I am sure the other people must have
noticed! it.

I knew this Cabinet business would be the one thing to upset
him, and I have endeavored to put it off as you know.

He even said to me when I drew my check on the 1st of the
month, that he was tired of paying those things, and made me feel
very uncomfortable?, and I have had an incessant head-ache for two
weeks worrying over the finances of the Company.

After leaving Mr Searles yesterday, X thought it was best to
send you; a cable?, as thefl«,will be a row with that Furniture? Company
iff' I do not get; $618. to pay them.

Yours very truly,

«r

New York, May J

My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.

I am just in receipt of your cable? of May 4th, stating
that you believe you will be able to send me the Cabinet money next
week, for which I thank you, but it was simply impossible to get it

from Mr Searles-, although I do not know what he might^^done'. if

the Cabinet people; had entered suit against us, but we do not want
any such thing as that, for it would be heralded all over the
country.

A workman told me the other day, that he heard this
Company was bankrupt, and of course I made a suitable reply, but
it might have come from Edison or the Works, and in thinking over
the matter, there was a report of the kind out when Annan was here,
and it has occurred to me that our Drafts on the Edison Bell pro¬
tested occasionally, and which require' Mr Searles endorsement beolW
they can be negotiated} here', does not give the Ctompany any too good
standing-.

I hope your letter which you rfer to in the previous
cable;, will authorise; payments for the 700 Type No. 2, and the
50,000 Cylinders in a satisfactory manner to Mr Searles, for he
will certainly not ship the goods, ff payments are not satisfactory#

S o'clock, P.M. I have just seen Mr Searles, but no chance of
getting any money this week- to<Pay the Works, so I thought. I would
not urge the matter too mucl^day, and run the chane* of fixing
it up with Gilmore to-morrow*

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Gresa has some new machines, and I wanted to interest Mr
Searlem fn something- to cheer him up, so I have had Gress? fix up
his place?, and I asked Mr Searles just now- whether he would go up
"<fewn with me next week and see these machines, he replied" there
is not much use, for there does not seem to be any place to use
them", I judge he meant by this that we were not selling any goods^
but I replied "that Oh yes, there was-", and asked him to fix a day
which would be most convenient, he was however so full of business
that he could not put his mind on it, however he promised to go
some day during the week, and I will try to wake? up his interest
in the business-, and this will give me an opportunity" to have a
talk with him. .

This wekk’s experience has not been pleasant, but the
good day is bound to come-, so I shall look on the bright side of '
thingss.

I hope the re-organization will soon be completed’, and
that we shall have some good nows from the Automatic business-.

Yours very truly-,

*0rl/yiri.o-UA.tn*/

London, England’.

Dear Sir-J-

We are duly in receipt of the first draft of the French
contract, and we expect V*. the correct form will come to hand this
week, therefore will reserve any remarks on this subject until that
comes to handi.

idi^eur-

We do not exactly what is meant by the words in Article 2'

"at the lowest prices for v/hich they can be sold, as this isnot
very definite, also I hope that the other contract will state
clearly that all purchases by them shall be made through this Com¬
pany.

I believe the Phonograph Works are now putting outtheir small
machines here.

I note that you say that Pathe'will be completely wiped
out by the French Company, but a Company'that can order $20,000.
worth of goods at one time, and are doing a considerable5 business
will doubtless make something of a fight for the trade. I note
also that you say that you^control of the Gramophone

Yous state also that the Schedule of prices- will be exact

ly for the French Company as the Schedule for the English Company
but I presume you have noted the fact., that some of those prices;
were changedl, namely^ype- 4 to $65.00' in lots less than 1,000',

$80. for Type'S, (Multiple*), and to $70. for Type 6, for less
than 1,000.

I am sending you by this mail a copy of the Phonogcope;
for February, please read! the only two articles I have marked.

This is a good move in some respects on the> part of Edison, if
it is k faithfully carried out, but you know they have their
favorites, and Gilmore makes special concessions-.

Yours very truly,

• Secretary.

P.S. X was told that a salesman was going to Paris? in the interest
of the National Phonograph Company, and that Arnheim , who is a
tailor on Broadway, was supplying the money, giving it the appear¬
ance- that the National had nothing to do with ilt, but I do not
know how time this is?.

New York, May 8th, 1899.

My dear Mr Mori arty:- PERSONAL.

Mr Platt called to-day, and went down to se® Mr Searlee. Mr
Searlea said that he^was; very anxious about his holding.

When I again asked Mr Searles for money to pay the Phonograph
Works, to-day, he said he had no money for them, so I simply let
the matter drop, and if the Works make a fuss about it, they can
fight it out wi th him.

You did not send on the English translation of the French
contraot, which you seem to lay stress upon in your letter of
April 25th, and) from such knowledge of French as I possess? I found
that the English translation which you sent me the previous mail
was just about the same? as the French copy just now received, with
the exception of two short clauses?, which I have added, however
Mr Searles was not satified! that the translation was correct, and
X am having one mad® to hand to him to-morrow morning oua

There may be some alteration suggested, such a® a mor®
clearly defined) clause to the effect that the French Company must
buy all of their Phonographs and Supplies in the future from us
only.

Mr Searles was also criticised the fact that to are supplying
the Edison Bell with No. 2 machine® as $9.00, and their printed con
tract states this very clearly, therefbre as the French contract
stipulates that we cannot charge the French company more than we
charge the English Company, he is afraid this will cauB® some future

comflict.

The matter of Type 3 Phonographs will also be discussed to-
tnorrowi and I am afraid he will consider the price too low', for
such estimates as we receivedfrom the Phonograph Works in 1897 and
1898 were too high, but little attention was given to the figure®
then-, as you did not expect to send any orders for that type? .

I am writing this letter hurriedly to go by Tuesday’s
steamer, and I have just been informed by F. M. Prescott, by tele
phon® that a Clerk of his who lives in Newark, has ascertained
that the "Bdisonia" company of that City, whoBe card you will find
upon the cut of the GEM machines which I sent you some time ago,
had received an order for Germany from some house in JNew York,
whom we- guess to be Volkmann, Stollwerck & Co., for 200 Typ® 2
100 "Home-" Phonographs and 300 of the GEM and the Large CONCERT
GRAND Phonograph®, a total pf 500.

If this is Volkmann, it is only another of the orders
which they have repeatedly placed in this country independently
of this Company yp /

Yours very truly.

Secretary.

S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue'*',
tondon, England.

Dear Sir:-

Your letters of the 25th, 26th and 23th received. The letter
of the 25th did not contain the translation of the French contract,
hence 1 am obliged to have onejmade here today and cannot reply by this
steamer. I shall try to cable you tomorrow and send power of attorney
on Wednesday.

Regarding Edison-Bell proposition, I haveknstructed Mr.

Morrison to write you officially stating that in view of the long delay
and

in receiving^? aylng for the 2000 machines, we shall insist upon payment
in full on shipment, or if the E-B Company require the letter of the
contract, we shall exact payment of interests since September on the
delayed payments. It is very small and picayune in the English people
under the circumstances to hesitate regarding this matter.

We have no: agreement with the Edison Company which provides
for breakages, but when a proper specific claim is made, will do what
we can to collect the difference.

On the automatic machines, however, your claim is entirely
untenable and we shall decline to allow it.

I see that your new; organization of the E-B Company drags and

is as indefinite as ever, which., is exceedingly discouraging. The months

embarrassing

drag wearily on and bring no relief from the present ^financial con¬
ditions. How long must this continue?

EDISON UNITED' PHONOGRAPH COMPANY

S. P. Moriarty, Esq., New York, May 12th, 1899.

London, England.

My dear Mr Moriarty:- • t.

I have been trying for some time to induce Mr Searles to
go up town with me and see the various styles of Multiplex machines
and I went around to his hotel this morning at half past eight, and
found him at breakfast with Mrs. Searles, and made him promise to
go around there with me in the course of an hour, and he kept his
wordt

He was very much pleased with the machines, and Mr Gress'
will give him a commercial machine to put o# his desk.

Mr Searles- does not want to send models of the new type
Multiplex until we get another order for some more of the same
style as we sent on the first order, but they have been re-modeled
and are much superior to the first loit, as Gress has had the
experience in manufacturing them, and ha3 hired the best experts to
improve them, so that he claims they are no^p 100# better than hhe:
first order,

In view of Mr Searles wishes in this matter, please do n

not make any feature or in fbct say anything about any new models

of other styles^ as he wants to bring these out after- we get your
which is?

order^ in contemplation.

On the way down town I showed Mr Searles? all your various
letter® of May 2ndi, which he read through, but he will not see>
anything ala. mlu .. g8t

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aome substantial orders for machine®, therefore there is no possi¬
bility at the present moment of quoting the Edison Bell anything
lesa- on cylinders as indicated in your letter.

Mr Searles directed me to send a cable to you to-day
with the termsof

to the effect that he would not ship any goods ire accordance' with

the letter to him of May 3rd!, nor will he consent to their demand

that 10# of the bill for cylinders shall remain unpaid! until they

check the good® and render an account of breakages* this is a thing
it

that the Works would not consent to, and would! therefore be

impossible for this company to grant it.

The profit on cylinders is very small indeed1, and does
not permit us to run any risk whatever in regard to payment

Gress will not allow anything upon: the Automatics, and
their account is paid in full, and there is no way by which we can
force them to do so, even if we thought it. good policy, to do so,
which we do not.

Mr Searles asked me to-day whether I had written you to charge
interest on the machines for the E disotf Beil Company from say
September- 17th, 1898, and I said I hadl

You cabled! last week that you thought you would be able;
to remit us $618. to pay for Cabinets, but this has not come to
hand at this writing* and I am in now hourly expectation of hearing
some thing disagreeable from them, and Mr Searles will not pay the
bill, so the matter- must take its course’. .

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P.s. Mr Searles is beginning to distrust the Edison Bell so much
on account of their repeated claims?, that he is afraid that even
his short time Drafts? will not be pai^l and he was almost inclined!
to-day to cable you that they must remit the money here?, this is
partly due to their demand for £528. which they want deducted! from
the bill for 700 Machines when they are shipped), goods upon which
we make no profit whatever-.

May 12, 1899.

Mr. 8. E. Moriarty,

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue,
London, England.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 3rd inst. received. I am surprised
beyond measure at the proposition submitted by the Edison-Bell
people regarding terms of shipment and payment. I cannot under¬
stand how you could have entertained these for a moment. I have
instructed Mr. Morrison to cable you that they arejunaccoptable and
we shall make no shipments until they can be made on a proper
basis. I am more arid more disgusted with the actions of the
managers of this property, and I must confess that it seems to mo
they are treating you without the slightest respect or considera¬
tion. They seem to feel that they can pay wiien they like and
make you any kind of proposition they see fit. We shall make no
concessions of any description not included in the contract, turd
unless they send the cash to pay for the No. 2 machines and the
balance of the automatics, we shall certainly, insist upon the pay¬
ment of interest on the account from the date the machines were
tendered.

I need not repeat that it is useless to call upon Mr.

Edison for concessions as to price or better treatment at his hands
while we are in default as now on the business of 1898.

Yours very

14 Royal Avenue

Chelsea, g. w.
14 May 1899

Dear Lord Denbigh,

I have been thinking over our position with regard to our
large stock of Ho 2 type of Phonographs in the light of our review
of the financial position last Friday and it seems to me we must do
something to turn the bulk of these into cash quiokly or disaster
to the Company must result. Unless some better scheme is proposed
I think we ought to try what the effect of a reduction in price
to the public acooiqpanied by advertisements will bo. What I should
like would be to reduce the price from £6-6-0 to £5 as from the
1st July next to the public and in order to meet the trade at once
notifying them of our intention to do this intimating at the same
time that the wholesale price in view of proposed reduction would
in future be £3-10-0 instead of £4-4-0 as at present, this reduction
to commence at once so as to lot the trade down easily and not to
await reduced retail rate. In spite of Mr Pratts views I can not
help thinking that sdoh a substantial reduction in price must affect
the demand for machines and the fact that once reduced the price

cannot agAin be raised does not frighten me, as dearly we must red¬
uce the price shortly to meet competition and if we cut our prices
as low as possible before competition commences the stronger we make
our position and the less encouragement there is for others to
compete against us after they oan come into the market.

I am sending a copy of this letter to the other directors.

Yours truly - - —

W.H.Quayle Jones.

Dear Mr Moriarty,

Gouraud .

I am sorry to say that, as I rather anticipated, this appeal
was dismissed, the Court being of opinion that your Company does suf¬
ficient business in England to give the English 'Courts Jurisdiction.
You must now therefore be prepared to contest the case here and I
have to suggest that you should at: once, if you have not already done

Stephen F. Moriarty Esq.,

Edison House,

Northumberland Avenue, W.C.

Nevr York, May 18th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.

I have asked Mr Searles a number of times to settle the
account of the Works and for the cabinets, and last evening I
waited! a hour and a half in his office* until it was so late, I couS^
accomplish nothing, as there were a lot of coitten men there1, and
they always hold the fort when they are around), however josoctaxWiihs-

if if*-': the fact that this business kept me awake last night until
and)

half past one O'.eloek* I determined! to see him again this morning
and he? rather expected me I think for I had asked him in the half

minute I saw him yesterday whether he would be in his office to-day

„ , . . for he knew what I wanted)

He had evidently been thinking over the mattery and acted

as if he had made up his mind to pay up entirely everything that we

owe;, and incurr no more debts-, and ift fact he said he would not

incurr any more debts or ship any more goods without the money.

I showed him a letter I had received from the Phonograph

Works received on the 16th in regard to their account, which he

paid in fall $3,955.18 also I got a check for $372. on account of

the Cabinets, the remainder as well as a bill of $250. to the

Fidelity and Safe Deposit Company, for the Edison Bell Bona, he

will pay when obliged to, but as I said before it was only paid

because there was no other way out of it, and he has determined to

ascertain: just how he stands? abroad), and for that purpose he> gggfgt

will utilize a man he know®, an Accountant who sail^May 20th^to

look into the accounts? in London? and render him a statement, and re

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port to him, but he may not do this when it comas to the points still
you better be prepared!. to give him what information he requires*,

I asked him not to do this, but he said he might as well1

know where he stands first as last, and evidently has* no hope for
the future of the Company.

Arguments in the faae? of the long delays in concluding
the negotiations in London and Paris* and the other discouragements*
in connection with the business for so long a time? avail nothing
now*, and the only thing for you to do is to come here yourself;
backed by such documents ras will back you up.

Your Check foir $250. from Paris?, through J. P. Morgan &
Co. was* received! by mq, but ‘?noft until after- X had succeeded ira
getting a check for $3572. from Mr Searles-, which as I stated before
was only paid! because he had made- up his mindi to pay up everything

and then put a stop to incurring any more bills, unless- he got:.

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money^pay for them, but this does not pay the Cabinet bill in full.
In talking with Mr Searles about the* prices of Blank®, 0
I said to him, if you can only get one cent reduction from Edison
on this order it wiill mean.. a profit to u® of $500., and he- called
his stenographer in* and wrote the Works asking- for a reduction in
price*, which he wanted to make at .08 l/2 cents, but I suggested.
.08/ and that he really ought to get them for .07/ so the letter
went off at eight cent® for 100,000, and I will’ write you as* soon
as we get a reply as to whether we? get any reduction or not..

I showed Mr Searles* your several letters* of May 5th, a®
weO a® the confidential letter to me of May 5fh. as ! saw-

tion to doing so, but he took exception to your remarks about the
financial position in Americas, which you refer to in your confiden¬
tial letter to me;, similar remarks to which you make in your
Company letter on page 3i and S, and I said to Mr Searless that
probably your reasons for writing so was; that I had been writing
you frequently in regard to money.

If this man gts off; or rather if' Mr Searlesinstrucif him
to call upon you/ it. seems to me1 it would be rathexr to your
advantage than not tto have Mr Searles-' own man submit a report,
because in that etfenfe there would be no gainaaying-^and it will
make matters perfectly clear to him, and will probably help you to
come to an underdtanding: when you get here.

Mr Searles does not approve at all of your allowing the
1528. to the Edison Bell, to which you refen in a recent letter, ad./
particularly to permitting this^from^-The Type 2 machine mash in*
order.

Yourc’able off May 17th is received), and we understand
that you> are endeavoring to have them retract the stipulation in
regard to 1528. so far as it relates to the deduction on the ship¬
ment.

I will write you by next mail whether we placed the order
for the 50{)000 Blank® which I think we will1 do.

This i..^ Friday, P. M. , and I have heard nothing more! in
regard to the Ao count ant going abroad1, and I do not know whether
Mr Searlea-. has finally decidedl to let him call upon you or not, t
therefore I hesitate cabling you', in addition to which, if I were
to say anything more to Mr Searlea? he might direct me not to notify
you, and if I did so, and he were cognizant of it, he might not be
willing to let me know anything in the futures, so T will just think
it over- between now and next weok.

Of course an accountant, even with a letter from the
President, could not suddenly walk into your offic® and demand to
know everything about your business? or accounts^ and he would have
to call, back when you made? an appointment for him, and a cable?
might give you a mis-apprehension? of his mission, for as I under1-
stand it he wants to knowhow he stands, and he has expressed
doubts' as to whether the French business- would go through at all,
asAit was practically concluded when he was in1 London).

Mr Searles does not know either whether or not you have

y.^and whether- it^not hypothecated).

These remarks are strictly confidential, andndoubtless? an

interview with you will clear up all measure of doubt about every¬

thing-.

When I showed Mr Searlei

your telegram sending me th<

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check for $250., he was surprised at receiving if.

These things that I write in this letter- are told to you
by me--, whioh is very different from Mr Searless saying them to you
which ha probably would not do, as they come to me through my eon-
versatiomflwith him-, so do not take umbrages unnecessarily^ &

let me make a suggestion, if you feel like hitting some¬
body, think twice), and reserve it until you get hene>, then you can
hit as hard as you choose with a complete understanding back of you
of the entire situation on both sides of the water.

If this accountant calls- and you objects to anything he
ma* demand), frame an intelligent cable to Mr Sear lee, and askt* to
have it postponed; if you think it wise to do this, but my own
impression i* that it will not only not do you any ham, but on the
contrary be of services.

Yours very t ruly.

fli'niusutni'S.- ©rimtal <£tonu J&nmjatiim tfirmpauu,
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We have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the I8th instant making formal application for the leasing of
the firBt floor of "Edison House" Northumberland Avenue, and
in reply write to say that we have not made up our minds as to
what part of the house we shall let, but will bear your request
in mind. We have, however, already several applications.

Yours faithfully,

one N°4205.

Dear Sir,

For the Managing Directors.

S. F. Moriarty Esq.,

16 Craven Street,

Charing Cross, W. C,

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[ENCLOSURE]

Berlin

Bad Str 37 a T.

May 25th 1B99.

Messrs Riddell Vaizey & Smith
London.

Boars irs ,

I confirm my last letter to you and on the 12th inst
I recoivod a P. C. from your representative (Mr Courtenay)
asking mo to call upon him During the time he was here I
informed him that 1 should very likely bo leaving Berlin
shortly and I am now in a position to inform you that I
shall leave Berlin on tho 1st or 2nd of June for good . On
the 13th inst Mr Courtenay wrote you asking for a remittance
of the £16. 0. 10. which are due to me. I must say that
I was greatly surprised when your Mr Courtenay informed me
that you told him to tell me that as regards the money "that
was all right" I am not a man of independent means and when
I continued the investigation I thereby sacrificed a birth
so> that making enquiries for you has up to the present brought
me but a loss nevertheless I have done everything I could for
your Mr Courtenay when here and also upon receipt of the wire
I gave same my immediate attention I neod not tell you that
I shall want the money befoi'e I leave Berlin and I trust you
will be kind enough to send mo a choque per return of post.
Enclosed X send you a cutting of a Berlin paper and from
enquiries made 1 hear that they are already doing a good
business. Besides this there is anothor Company starting in
a month: or two for the manufacture and sale of Phonographs
not only for Germany but for all over Europe. As I informed
your Mr Courtenay should Mr Moriarty haved wished it I can
prove that the cutting in wax was patented herein Germany *
by Edison and that it was not previously known in this Country

[ENCLOSURE]

I have found this out after a very careful study of the patent
whichhas not only taken time but also cost a lot of trouble
and I am sorry that I am now leaving the Country as I am
sure that if the Phonograph had boon properly managed a large
business would have been done , but I wish Mr Moriarty success
in this case.

May I once more ask you to send me a cheque by return
of post as I am now getting ready to leave .

I remain

Dear Sirs,

Yours faithfully,

H. Bottcher.

New York, May 29th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriartyt -PERSONAL.

I regret every hour of the day almost that solid many
difficulties stand in .therway of filling orders promptly, and of
conducting the business; as it should be.

Last week however I requested Mr Searles-- to write a
letter to the Phonograph Works, asking for a better price upon
cylinders, and I enclose you herewith a copy of the letter received
from them reducing the cost to us; to .08 85/lOOth cents? each in¬
stead of .09 20/i00ths, •: which will make a saving to us of $175;.00
on 50,000 Blanks^ which is better than nothing at all, although we?
should not pay over .08 cents at the outside;.

Gilmore is going to Chicago on Tuesday, and we will
probably see him when he returns as suggested in his letter in re¬
gard to the No. 2 Machines’, but- I hope we will receive orders from
you to ship most of them at least before that time.

I shall looio for some advices from you this week, announo
ing the- positive and entire completion of the French contract;, and
I hope your other business; will go through smoothly so that you may
come on here as aoon as possible, for no business in the world! can
be a success as the Company is conducted nowi

Thw Works are very independent indeed with us now; and Mr I
Searles will not order any goods of any kindl unless; he has; here: a
certified; copy/ of a resolution of the Board1, so if you order any-

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thing mora, please bear this in mind and send it with the order,
so that time may be saved.

I am afraid there will ge some delay in shipping the cy¬
linders ordered, and as I read Mr Gilmore’s letter, we need not ex¬
pect. the Works to flavor us? in executing our orders promptly.

I believe Mr Searles could alter this situation with a
word if he felt so disposed, but he seems mortified about the
whole situation, and nothing can be done until you complete your
Work there.

Yours very truly.

[ENCLOSURE]

EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS,

Orange, N. J. May 26, 1899.

Edison United Phonograph Co.,

John E. Searle®, Esq., Pres.,

27 William St., New York.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 18th came duly to hand, but has
remained unanswered due to the writer's absence in the South.

On a firm order- for not less than fifty thousand (50,000)
blanks; we will make you a firm net prior of Eight; and 85/i00 Dollar
( §8. 85>) per one hundred (100), packed), f.o.b. dock New York City.

This price- is made without reference! to the contract between
your Company and ourselves, dated March 11th, 1890. Terms of
payment, to be cash with order.

In connection! with this matter, we desire to say that we are
very much overcrowdedl in the wax department; at the present time,
and should! you decide; to place an order with us it will take some
little time to fill same.

Regarding the breakages, of course- there has always been more1
or less- trouble as to rhis, and it has always been an open question
as to whether the fault was ours* the transportation company's or
the receiverjs, as in the handling- of blanks the latter very often
break a great many in removing them from the barrels. This we; know
to be^the fact, hot only in this country, but also in shipments;

[ENCLOSURE]

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that we have made for your account abroad.

We note with pleasure that you expect to send us some further
advice this week as to the machines still held for your account.
Unless; we do hear from you some day this week, it is the intention
of the writer to go in to see, you next week, eo ae to decide once
for all whetherit. is your intention to take these machines, or
whether we shall , consider; the orders as cancelled! and make arrange¬
ments; to dispose of them to the best possible advantage, as we
certainly feel that we have given you every consideration in the
way of extending time for taking these goodB off our hands; and
we must now decline to hold! them any longer under any and all cir-
cumstancesi

Your 8 very truly,

W. E. Gilmore,

General Manager.

Bad Str 37a 1

Messrs Riddell & Co

I received your favor of the 14th inst and on the 2nd inst
the advised remittance from Mr Horrwitz for which I thank you. I
have found out here from Messrs Sponholz & Wrede that they manufact¬
ured for Stollwerck 275 machines in all and reserve parts for •
about 50 machines, this is all this firm have done for Messrs
Stollwerck or rather the Deutshhe Edison Co. I have received no
instructions from Mr Horrwitz to proceed with any investigations
but I have 2 persons in Cologne who are at work for me and I am
expecting further information daily. I qUite agree with you that
the best possible way is to have the companys books inspected by
an accountant and I could be of very great assistance to the account-
-ant in pointing out to him how machines have been sold to the
Automatic Company ( Stolwerck & Co) which the Phonograph Co knew
were going to be sent to foreign Countries. I am staying here in
Berlin at the above address and all letters will find me here. I
heard the other day that the Phono Co have a Bettini Reproducer
in Cologne, this was to my knowledge delivered by Mr Mori arty
but they have one here as well which is out of order. I got a friend
to go and make inquiries at their offices here, they had not got a
machine which was in working order and shewed their cylinders
on a Graphophone purchased from an infringer. This will give you
an idea of how the business of the company is being ruined in Germany
Enclosed is a cutting from the Cologne Gazette in which the

machines purchased from America e

i offered for sale. As stated

before I have dieeevewed discontinued giving my whole time for the

business at your request but I shall be only too pleased to do what

lies in my power for Mr Moriarty, I have spent 4 days here in Berlin

on investigation which leaves a balance in my favor of £16-0-10.

A/c received 25-0-10

4 days Berlin 6 -0-0 '

n, , Yours faithfully

Cheque recede 15-0-0 J.Bettcher.

£ 16-0-10

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V/jJrm/fymueay,

27 WILLIAM STREET,

S. P. Mori arty, Esq.,

London, England.

Dear Sir:-

Mr Searles showed me your cable in which you say the
French Company have signed and I am pleased to hear it, but he
requested me to cable you which I am confirming by this mail.

He wants your old matters all settled up before you come
away, and X hope; we will be able to fix up all differences and put
the Company on a more satisfactory basis when you come on.

I will be very glad to see you.

Mr Searles wants to draw the Drafts for the cylinders
at 3 days and 30 days sight the very day we make the shipment, not
as the letter of the Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company
reads. "One half against bill of Lading and the other half 30
days after delivery" in London, and, I cabled you to this effect.

In consequence of this we have not yet ordered the goods
and there will certainly be some delay in filling the order by the
Works so they will not get the goods as promptly as they should, bu
but I will try to hurry them when we get a reply to our cable.

I am trying to sell the 12 Cabinets I have here. GreBS

expects to put out his Commercial machines here shortly. I think
at $125. each and if he keeps this price up it will satisfy me until
we know what we want to do about. them. .

Werrwill get his goods’ probably at cost with $1.00 addi¬
tional as I have arranged with him, but I will write you again
about it.

you need not feel uneasy, about it, no complications will

Yours very truly.

Secretary.

result.

* EDI» * OjMI^FED * PJI0P6WJJ + (SSfSSf^sf

Temporary Address.-
15, CRAVEN STREET,
CHARING CROSS, S.W.

J.U Letter, to be addreued to the C

EDISON HOUSE,

Northumberland Avenue,

Charing Cross, W.C.

8tn June 1899.

Dear Mr Moriarty,

Confirming my letter of last night X went to see
Mr Pratt this morning, but he was very busy with a gentleman, and X
could not see him. X however was referred to Mr Slater, who informed i
that by a resolution of the Board passed yesterday, no money wrn to b(
paid to the Edison United Co? until the agreement was completed that
was entered into for the handing over to the Edison-Bell Cos of the
Multiplex and the Bettini patents, and that a letter was to be sent
to this effect. Up to the time of writing no such letter has come, bu<
I wired you at once the gist of the<bove, and have had your reply to
the same. I have nothing further to say in the matter more than what
was contained in the wire to you that the Edison-Bell Co: will not
pay over any more money until this transfer of the patents is a fait
accompli. I have cabled to Uniphone Now— Yorh in the way you instructed
me, and of course will say nothing to Mr Pratt.

I regret to say that Mr Pratts promise about the cabinets was nol
carried out, as a letter came from, the Transport Co: this morning,
copy of which I enclose you, ix nd I ashed an explanation. Mr Slater
said that they had no room for the storing of the oabinets, as they ai

getting goods in from Knight A Morris

i to save storage charges.

He told me Mr Pratt was not at the Board meeting that this was agreed
upon, and therefore gave tie promise to tahe over the cabinets in
ignorance. I had no alternative therefore but to go and see the
Transport. Co: and ash than to leave the matter over for another day.

•* EDI30N + UNITED 4- PH0N06WP 4* COMPLY, *•

Temporary Address:

,* fr,tr7" EDISON HOUSE,

15, CRAVEN STREET,

charing CROSS, SAW. Northumberland Avenue,

AU Letters to be addreued to the Company. Charing CrOSS, W.C.

cabinets. They must be paid for, and what I would suggest would be fo
you to wire me in the moaning authorising me top pap the amount due
£6-7-2, and that I should have them forwarded to Knight & Morris to
store on our account, or have them removed into our own store.

Any-way if you authorise me to pay incltf^ thi seamount of £6-7-2 in t
cheque that you send me. I jhav|» got the t'ranrf'fio v Oo: to leave the
matter over 8ntil to-mo rrow^mid-day , so please wire me the very first
thing in. the morning. Otherwise I fear they will carry out their
threat. They were very courteous to me, but said they must insist upo
the matter being aleared up to-morrow definitely, so therefore if I
get your authority I can pay them the cheque, as you will follow your
wire up with the necess^y amount to be paid them.

It is also necessary to send me £3-9-a for the rent. It has bees
again called for, and this is an item you know that must be paid for.

I can get no satisfaction out of Mr Pratt for the drawing of ths
cylinders. I sent a note in to him this morning, and he sent out wore
that he would write about the matter, but up to the moment of writing
no such note has come.

I endose a list of the documents etc that Messrs Thirion & Bonin

have received from

wr.fj. 8 June 1899.

Dear Mr Morlarty,

Coates v Yourself.

I have been in communication with the plaintiffs Solicitors
and think that this matter will now be satisfactorily settled Upon
the terms discussed when I last had the pleasure of seeing you.

You will fee glad to learn that the agreement with the

Scottish Syndicate has to-day been signed.

When can I see you.' I am anxious to do so in connection
with the German business.

S.E.Moriarty Esq

15 Craven Street

Strand.

Now York, June 10th, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.

I enclose you a /ittle memorandum I have written as a
result of Mr Prescott’s call this morning, and he desired me to
say that he does not want you to think that he has been soliciting
this information from Hunting, as it came voluntarily from Hunting
Please note the words in the mmemorandum which read a®

follows: -

"There is a screw loose here at our friends place in 0 X roadl

Can it be possible that Hunting is able to find out anything:
about what you; are doing:, or has learnt anything about the re-organ
lxation:of the Edison Bell, if so, had you not better put a stop to
it and prevent the subject being discussed on this side.

Prescott, asked me whether1 we had anything from you in regard
to Gram-o-phone matters, and I said of course that we had' not.

It looks very much as if Owen and the other® felt more-
confident if they are taking Records- in the different languages,
and going to that expense, and it is worthy of note that Johnson is
now over there.

Yours very truly.

7?rau/enf, S^/dont S. 72tflfamont dtccntaru.

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London, England.
Dear Sir:-

In reply to your cable of June 8th, we are sending you
to-day the following papers.

English Patent No. 6923/98 from George Valentine Grass for Improve¬
ments in Phonographs, dated March 22nd, 1898.

The Assignment for the above Patent to the Edison Unite* Phono
graph Company, is in the possession of Mr John E. Searles, which he
cannot find without some trouble, and does not think it is necessary
to send ilt. q

One Assignment from the Edison United Phonograph Company to the
Edison Bell Consolidate*. Phonograph Company, Limited, London, dated
June 14th, 1899, executed by John E. Searles?, President and
attested! by the Secretary, and by the County Clerk and the English

English Patent No. 14803/98, dated! July 5th, 1898 for Improvements
in Apparatus for Reproducing Sound Records?, from Gianni Bettini.

One Assignment from Gianni Bettini to the :

Company, dated January 19th, 1899

One Assignment of above Patent from the Edison United Phonograph
Company to the Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited
London, date* June 14th, 1899.

You will kindly notice; that the Assignment for the Multi¬
ple* Patent No. 69235 refers to the Agreement between G. V. Gross
and this Company, dated April 25th, 1898, and which is made a part

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of the assignment;, as explained in our letter to you of June 8th, a
and in view of this contract, it would be better not to deliver
this Patent unless* you are compelled to.

In regard to the Patent from Gianni Bettinf, No. 14803,
it would also be advisable not to deliver this Patent, unless you
are compelled to, but if you are obliged to hand the Edison Bell
Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited, this Patent, Mr Searles s
stipulates that an Agreement be executed by the Edison Bell Con¬
solidated Phonograph Company, Limited relinquishing: all right to
manufacture; under this Patent until the terms of the assignment
from Gianni Bettini with the Edison United'. Phonograph Company,
which is in the fora af an Agreement has been complied with, or
more particularly Clauses 4-th of said Agreement, the exact wording
for which we- gave you in our letter of June 8th.

This Agreement stipulate® that wo cannot manufacture
under the said Patent fair three (3) years from the date of the
agreement, say June 3rd1, 1898, and not then unless we shall haves
purchased. 10® of the said Duplicating machines at prices named in
the agreement.

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For your easy reference we attach to this letter, the
prices for the Duplicating: Machine® as; narned in Article 5th, of
which the attached! is an exact copy.

Yours very truly',

tf/Hsrrcirx^i^^ '

Secretary.

[ENCLOSURE]

[Edison United Phonograph Co. to Gianni Bettini]
[January 19, 1899]

Fifth: The party of the first part, for himself, his legal

representatives and assigns, agrees to sell and deliver to the p
party of the seoond part or its assigns within the United States
such complete duplicating: machines as may at any time be ordered! by
the party of the s eoond' part or its assigns at the following prices
to with¬
in lots of less than twelve’ machines? $400. fbr each complete1
duplicating- machine.

In lots of twelve to twenty1- four machines; $375. each .

In lots of twenty- five to forty nine machines? $350. each.

In lots of fifty to ninetjr-nine machine® $325. each .

In lot® of one hundred machine® and upvrard® $300' each.

A1J. orders? for duplicating machine® given by the party of
the second part or its assign® to the party of the first part, his
legal representative® or assign®, shall be paid? for ini cash upon
delivery in accordanc® with the directions contained in said order

New York, June 20th, 1899.

My Dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL,

I have just seen Mr Searles this morning, and he informed
me that he had a stormy interview with Mr Silmore the other day,
and Gilmore, notified him that i^-he did not take the machines he
has- in stock there, ordered by the United Company for the Edison
Belly that he intended; to sell them for what he could get, making us
responsible for the difference.

Mr Searles said that it was his intention to writer the
Edison Bell a formal letter to-day, notifying them that if they did
not take the machines that the Company would hojdi them responsible
for any loss; or damage sustained.

I askedl Mr Searles; whether he thought it wise to write
such a letter to the Edison Bell in the faoe of your present
negotiation, that it might have the effect of hurting them in some;
way, and he repliedl "Oh he is doing: nothing, so it can't interfere'
with anything when he. is not doing anything".

You see from this that Mr Searlee does not believe5 that you
are; doing anything or that your work will amount to anything and
I have told you this before.

Edison may refuse to supply us with any goods; in future, but
in any event he will certainly demand cash, when an order is placed1,
so that as we have had an illustration already, you had better be
prepared, so that there will be no trouble in getting money for

orders.

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Since writing the above^ I have been considering: the result
of any letter from Mr Searles to the Edison Bell, and I felt that
such a letter might do much harm, particularly if you were not
notified in advance:, therefor® I wrote a cable to you which I
suggested should be sent, but Mr Searlee crossed it out, and wrote
the following’.

"Unless immediate settlement for delayed shipments- shall
"dispose of same your account and loss".

which he directed me to send.

In reading it over however after- 1 oame up-stairs, I con-
cludedl that he may have intended this cable to go direct to the-
Edison Bell, although the one I had submitted to him was to you,
notwithstanding this however, I decided! to cable: as per confirma¬
tion going forward to-day.

Yours very trOily,

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27 William St. , Mew York.

Dear Sir:

Referring to the v/riter's conversation with yon several days
ago, having reference to the unfilled orders that we have from your
Company for "Standard", or Mo. 2, phonographs, we bee to advise that
the total number s.till due on order Ho. 410 is 2075 machines.

We also have unfilled orders from your Company as follows:

Order Ho. 411, 100 "Standard", or Mo. 2, Phonoeraphs.

" " 414, 110 Automatic Reproducers.

" " 425, 300 Automatic Reproducers.

We have been expectinc to receive advices from you to make ship¬
ment of all of the above orders, but as yet we have not had the pleasure
of hearine from you, consequently, we have reached the decision that
there is nothing else for us to do but to unpack all of these machines
and such other parts as have been packed for a long time past, have them
thoroughly overhauled and fixed up,, so that they can be disposed of
elsewhere .

We now beg to advise that we shall consider all of the above orders
as cancelled by you as of this date, and we shall proceed Immediately
to unpack, these machines and fix them up so as to be disposed of to the
best advantage, charging you with the cost of so doing, and in addition
to this we shall also get out and send you just as soon as possible a
bill for interest to which we consider we are entitled, as all of these
goods were duly finished, packed and placed in stock subject to

New York, July 20th, 1899..

My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.

I am just in receipt of your short letter of July 12th,
and I am keeping things in statu quo, not only with Gross, but also
with Prescott,, the latter however1 is preparing: his case against
Edison, and 1 think I shall probably be able to read it, but I am
in no senses having anything to do with it.

I hope you wilito succeed in closing up all the various
matters you have in London, and will soon be able to start for
America.

My idea in regard to Edison is, that he anticipates the
closing out of our Patents by limitation, and is fighting everyone
who use 8 his name', as well S3 anyone who uses his Speaker, so that
when he considers oUr Patents have lapsed, or nearly so,nhe will
push the Phonograph business, even more than he is nowi with a view

to securing it all to himself, but it is quite likely that ws will

l- aa

not be a nonenity ili the business in future?, and^I have often said

before^ the Gross Patents wil,l be of great service to us.

Gress talks about building a factory on Long Island^ and
says that he can ship lumber direct from Kramer where their Mill
is.

I do not believe there is much doubifc, but that he will
do this at the same time he is looking forward to the support; of
the United Company in giving him orders, however-^ will discuss
this whole matter when you get here1, at the same time endeavor to

keep us free in the matter of Manufacture.

Young Greae is very impatient, and is beginning- to show
a lack of confidence in anything that I may say of an encouraging
charaeteir looking to keeping him eafcy until your arrival, therefore
I hope it will not be. long.

Referring to your letter of July 7th, and to that portion
where you say that you do not want any more Drafts drawn, as you
have not confidence enough in the Edison Bell to feel easy about
them, Mr Searles began to feel uneasy about the; Draft which has--
already gone for the cylinders, but I remarked! that' you could not
have meant that, it was in .relation to future orders .

Yours. very truly,.

New York, August 1st, 1899.

My dear Mr Moriarty?- PERSONAL.

I am duly in receipt of your letter of July 22nd, in
which you state that you will sail on the CAMPANIA, leaving Liver¬
pool Saturday, July 29th, but that you will cable to that effect,
therefore as we have not received any cable we conclude that you
have not sailed, and we are writing you by this mail in regard to
the order for cylinders.

I do not have anything to do with Prescott, and he comes
in heee of his own accord, but I cannot ask him to walk out, and
I treat him politely, and the rest remains for you.

I hope you will be able to have a full meeting to-morrow
and adjust all the various matters needing attention so that you
will be able to leave without much more delay.

I was obliged to tell Mr Searles to-day that it was

necessary for us to notify the Phonograph Works to defer shipments

until further orders from ub until financial matters were arranged

because/lwe had not done so fete/ would go on packing the goods, and
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get up a stock, which we might have to order held in the same
manner as the No. 2 Machines, and we do not want to put ourselves
again in that ipositiom.

Please do not fail to bring with you full itemized detai]£
of your account which appears on the Monthly Reports^from the be¬
ginning to the end.

• Yours very truly, /

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Dear Mr Moriarty,

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MaxtJjnrab&vlKvctj %Jnenmt,

^oriiran,

WM:

Sunday afternoon.

I did not get your telegram last night until after
8 o'clock at night. Atterbury is very ill, and Mrs Atterburf sent it
on by post to me, but notwithstanding it did not arrive here until
after a o'clock I understand. I intended anyway coming up to town to¬
day to forward your letters, although got your wire at home from Pari,
I an sending you two paokages with the accumulation of letters
that have ar rive d . s ince I posted you the last packqge to Nice on
Monday last.

Cain got notice yesterday from the Edison-Bell Co: when he- was
drawing his weeks wages that his services would be dispensed with next
week, that is to say next Saturday, when the Edison-Bell Co: told him
they were to close up the house.

I was telephoned to last Wed: . af t emoon to go and see the Board
who were then sitting. Lord Denbigh asked me if you were to be there,
but I told him I did not know of your movements, neither did I as I
had not heard from you since the previous Monday morning. He then
enquired when the order was sent for the 400 and odd machines type S i
to be shipped, and 1 told him I could not say fran memory. I knew that '
thxs went thro' in the ordinal and proper course, and they asked me H
to inform them. L then got the infection which oo-inoided. with what
you tcldthnn, and they asked me if I had any word of their being shippl
I told them you had all the correspondence, and tint I did not know '

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New York enquiring, and this I refused to do as I toin ♦

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After this the interview ended and I withdrew. I have not had an
opportunity of before oommuni eating with you on this subject, but I
will leave this and all other matters until you return.

Trusting you will have a pleasant Journey back.

Mr Pease called here the other day, but he said he will allow till
matter to stand over until you return, when he requested that you woul

1899. West Orange Laboratory (D-99-20)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
operation of the West Orange laboratory. Among the correspondents are
Edison, Walter S. Mallory, and John F. Randolph. Included are letters from
insurance carriers, items pertaining to real estate, and several Edison
memoranda regarding materials ordered for the laboratory.

Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected items include an abstract of the distribution of general expenses for
the year, letters pertaining to insurance or acknowledging orders, and several
personal notes to Fred C. Devonald, a laboratory employee.

New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.

GENERAL OFFICES:
EDISON LABORATOR
ORANGE, N. J.

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List of Key Holders to Front Sate of Laboratory.

/William 35. Gilmore. /Alexander Elliott, Jr.

/John F. Randolph. /F."R. Upton.

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Mr. Walter S. Mallory,

Ho . 8 Hawthorno Avenue,

Bast Oraneo, H. J.,

Dear Gir:-

1 enclose lease to J. H. Baldwin of premises
corner Valley Street and Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, which will expire
on May 1st, 1900, which! have assigned to you. The rent has been paid
to December 1st,. 1800. ’ .•/ ■

The policy of fire insurance on the house and bam Is Ho .399, 432
American Insurance Qompany of this City %for' $2,200 .4$^ boo Ton 'dwelling
and $200. on barn) and . will . expire April 7, 1900'^^Premium -for three
years from April 7th, 1897,' §13 .50, and ;f er-unexpired^ierm, 'say fottr
months, §1.50, which may be remitted to mo as suggested by you.

If the title to the property has changed, please advise me so that
proper endorsement nay be made on the policy.

D«0. 11th, 1899.

Mr. Randolph-

X herewith enclose carbon copy of letter to Mr. Baldwin, which
explains Itself. The rent le at the rate of $300,00 per year,
payable monthly In advance. lease runs till May 1st, 1900,

Yours very truly.

ff.S. Mallory.

[ENCLOSURE]

Dec. 11th, 1099.

K r. iT, n. Baldwin,

West Orange,

K. J.

Dear sir-

The property which you hold under lease fron Samuel W. Baldwin,
has been purchased by me. Hr. Baldwin advises me that you huve paid
the rent to Dec, 1st, 1899. Please hereafter pay the rent to me.

yours very truly.

[ENCLOSURE]

Dec. 11th, 1899.

Mr. Randolph-

The attached letter to Baldwin explains Itself. Please make out
Mr. Edison's check for $1,80, ■which forward with my letter herewith
attached.

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Devonald-

Ooramencing Dec . 26th, if any of the draughtsmen employed by
the Cemeijt; 06. are late to exceed 5 minutes, please deduct 1-2

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DOCUMENT FILE SERIES

1900

1900. Battery (D-00-01)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's primary and
storage batteries. Included are test reports on the Edison-Lalande primary battery produced by the
Edison Manufacturing Co.

1900. Edison, T.A. - General (D-00-02)

This folder contains correspondence relating to a variety of subjects. Included are documents
that deal with more than one subject or that do not fail under the main subject categories in the
Document File. Among the items for 1900 are letters from longtime Edison associates Sigmund
Bergmann, Charles Batchelor, Samuel Insull, Edward H. Johnson, and Josiah C. Reiff, as well as
letters of inquiry regarding Louis Dreyfus and his process for welding steel. Also included is a letter
containing Edison's comments on the disposition of the stock in the Edison Electric Light Co. of
Europe, Ltd.

1900. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-00-03) [not selected]

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s membership
and activities in clubs and professional societies. Among the items for 1900 is a letter concerning
Edison's support of the Young Men's Christian Association of the Oranges.

1900. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-00-04)

This folder contains correspondence from or about employees and former or prospective
employees. Included are three letters by Elbert A. Wilson, a chemist whom Edison was interested
in hiring, and a letter by former employee Owen J. Conley.

1900. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-00-05)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning Edison's family.
Included are items regarding Thomas A. Edison, Jr.'s business activities; a letter by William Leslie
Edison complaining about the behavior of his sister-in-law, Marie Toohey Edison; a notice regarding
the death of Edison's sister, Marion Wallace Page; and letters from two Edison cousins requesting
financial assistance. There is also a draft version in Edison's hand of the will of Mary V. Miller, the
mother of Mina Miller Edison.

1900. Edison, T.A. - Financial (D-00-06) [not selected]

This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's
personal finances. Included are items pertaining to the purchase and sale of bonds and routine
letters from J. P. Morgan & Co. concerning payment of the monthly stipend provided by Edison to
his daughter, Marion Edison Oeser.

1900. Edison, T.A. - Name Use (D-00-07) [not selected]

This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the use of Edison's
name, whether authorized or unauthorized, for advertising or other purposes. Included are items
concerning the use of Edison's name, picture, and signature as registered trademarks for the Edison
companies. Related documents can be found in the Legal Department Records.

1900. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence
(D-00-08) [not selected]

1900. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-00-09)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the
Edison Manufacturing Co. Included are items pertaining to the incorporation of the company in May
1900. There are also letters concerning the U.S. War Department's purchase of phonoplex
telegraphy components for use in the Philippine Islands. Among the correspondents is William E.
Gilmore, vice president and general manager of the company. Other items in the Document File
relating to the Edison Manufacturing Co. can be found in D-00-01 (Battery) and in D-00-15 (Motion
Pictures).

1900. Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Company (D-00-10)

[not selected]

This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the business of the
Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Co. Included are routine letters regarding foreign patents.

1900. Electric Light (D-00-11) [not selected]

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to electric lighting and
power. Included are routine items attesting to Edison's continued relations with the General Electric
Co., the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York, and other illuminating companies. There are
also numerous routine letters regarding electric meter patents.

1900. Exhibitions (D-00-12)

This folder contains correspondence concerning industrial and electrical expositions in Paris
(1900) and in Buffalo, New York (1901).

1900. Mining - General (D-00-13)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mining and ore milling.
Included are letters from the North American Transportation & Trading Co., in which Edison invested,
and an accompanying series of notes by Edison regarding gold mining in Nome, Alaska. Also
included is a series of letters and reports by geologist Martin Schwerin, who was hired by Edison to
prospect for ores in northern Michigan.

1900. Mining - Ortiz Mine (D-00-14)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's dry placer
process for the extraction of gold ore. Most of the items are letters to Edison from his brother-in-law,
John V. Miller, and from Cloyd M. Chapman, who went to the Ortiz Mine in Dolores, New Mexico,
to prospect and to supervise the construction of an experimental ore processing mill. An undated
report, probably from late December, gives an overview of activities at the Ortiz Mine during 1900.

1900. Motion Pictures (D-00-15)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the commercial and
technical development of motion pictures. Many items concern the Klondike Exposition Co., which
was organized to make a filming expedition to the Yukon to produce films suitable for display at the
Paris Exposition of 1900. Included is an undated memorandum in Edison’s hand regarding the
imperfect quality of the negatives produced. Other documents pertain to Edison's suit against William
N. Selig and to the proposed sale of Edison's motion picture business to the American Mutoscope
and Biograph Co. Among the correspondents are William E. Gilmore, vice president and general
manager of the Edison Manufacturing Co., and James H. White, manager of the Film Department.

1900. Patents (D-00-16)

1900. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works (D-00-17)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the
Edison Phonograph Works. Among the correspondents are the Edison United Phonograph Co
Samuel Insull, and his brother Martin Insull.

1900. Phonograph - Edison United
Phonograph Company (D-00-18)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the
Edison United Phonograph Co. and other companies organized to exploit the Edison phonograph
in countries other than the United States and Canada. Included are items concerning the financial
problems of the Edison United Phonograph Co. and the strained relations involving the Edison-Bell
Consolidated Phonograph Co., Ltd., on the one hand, and the National Phonograph Co. and the
Edison Phonograph Works, on the other.

1900. Phonograph - Moriarty, Stephen F. (D-00-19)

[not selected]

This folder contains personal correspondence and bills addressed to Stephen F. Moriartv
vice president of the Edison United Phonograph Co.

1900. West Orange Laboratory (D-00-20) [not selected]

This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, and other documents relating to the
operation of the West Orange laboratory.

1900. Battery (D-00-01)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's primary and storage batteries. Included are test reports on the Edison-
Lalande primary battery produced by the Edison Manufacturing Co.

Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The
following items have not been selected: solicited and unsolicited data regarding
electric vehicles, including a copy of a letter from Lord Arthur Balfour; routine
letters concerning battery patents or publications about batteries; and
documents that duplicate information in selected material.

Your lcttor of Eon 6th, from Toledo, asking that you ho

• advised as to the result of tho test being made so as to avoid the con¬
gealing of our battery, camo duly to hand. J. sent this to Mr, Vose, who
is following up those tests, and 1 bog to quote you a memo, that ho has
sent bank in answer thereto:

"An extensive series of tests worn made under Mr. Edison's direc¬
tions on artificially freer, ing, by means of liquid carbonic acid,
samples of solution from batteries in different degrees of exhaustion
and prepared with different densities of solution containing 'from IS
to 35/i of soda. With tho apparatus used a temporaturo of 40 E. could
be obtained, but it was impracticable to maintain it for a long time.

In' these tests solutions with HO to 35/S of soda gave results very. noarly
alike, standing temperatures of 30 E. or lower without freezing, while
solutions below 20/T and above 25$ were more easily frozen.

Those testn, however, seem of little use as they do not at all
agree with the results found in practice when tho batterioB are exposed
to the cold for a longer time. Thus the same exhausted batteries from
which tho samples were token for the above mentioned tests were on Jan.
26th put out doors, since which timo tho lowest observed temperature
has been about 10 E. , though possibly lower during some nifjhts, and most
of the timo much higher. Three days later those with solution above
30/3 were about full of slush, the 25/5, which is our regular solution,

• .had a little slush, and those between 25/, tuid 30/' had intermediate quan¬
tities , varying about in proportion to their densities . One day later

thoso with 2op ancl S4p solutions also contained some slush, end it hud
increased in those of higher densities. Ho solution below showed
any, and since that time there lias been no increased freor.ing of any
solutions.

Hr. Gladstone lias informed mo that an analysis of the Gordon
so-called "Electro Sodium1' by an outside chemist showed that it contained
about !5p of common salt, and tests by Hr. Edison's chemists have shown
about the some, and that it is otherwise practically identical with our
own so-called "Caustic Potash".

fflie package^ of soda furnished with the Gordon batteries are such
as to make a 20p solution, while we furnish enough to make a G5p solu¬
tion, though recommending in our catalogue a 20,% solution for use in
situations where closed to cold; but I have been unable to learn of any
cases in which such a 20p solution of our soda has been lined and frosen
in practice.

In the artificial freezing tests previously mentioned a ?,Op solu¬
tion of our soda acted almost exactly the same as the Gordon solution,
and in the cells put out doers neither the Gordon nor our own 2oP solution
has yet been frosen at all.

Preparations have been made under hr. Gladstone's directions for
a tost at the ioe factory on Lakeside Jive., where solutions of various .
donsities and also with the addition of salt will be tried under greater
cold than will probably be met with under natural conditions, and we
are now awaiting the convenience of the Ioe Company before starting
this test." »

I have boon hoping to get at Hr. Edison to discuss the whole of
this fully, but, as you have doubtless seen by the paperB, he has boon
ill. He got homo Saturday night, but is under the doctor's oaro, and
as the weather here yesterday and to-day has been very bad, I presume
he will not get down to business; in fact, he may stay up for a day or
two longer.

The fact that both chemists found upon analysis that there was5p .

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of common salt in the potash used by the Gordon people is quite inter¬
esting, and I • think that what wo huvo .cot to do is to use some thing,
similar in connection with our potash, I think this will obviate the
freezing. As you know, salt 3ms been used in street railway work,
etc,, for a groat many years to dissolve snow and ice, raid I presume
that it has certain '-.utilities in it that will be useful in connection
with our batteries. However, as X said before, I am going to take this
up with Hr, Edison at the quickest possible moment and we will doubtless
reach a decision soon. In the meantime, if you have anything to sug¬
gest, lot me know. Of course as fact as X learn anything you will bo
advised cither by Hr. Gladstone or myself.

Tours very truly,

General Manager.

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Mr. f Gilmore:

I^g to "give you report of the comparative test c
following cells July 10th:

3 Edison-Lalande , type "RR" , 300 ampere hours

3 Gordon -Burnham, 300 ampere hours

3 Excelsior, 300 ampere hours

3 Eungesser, 600 ampere hours.

Type "BR" Edison-Lalande: All lasted 327 ampere hours, when they
exhausted without polarization or anything unusual.

Gordon-Bumham: Two polarized between 6 P. M. (output at this
time 245 ampere hours) and 7 A. M. the following day (output at this
time 271 ampere hours). The voltage of the third cell at 271 ampere
hours dropped to .10.

Excelsior: One cell polarized at 311 ampere hours; one polar¬

ized at 271 ampere hours and the third ran to 331 ampere hours, at which
time it was exhausted, without polarisation ,' but the' voltage dropped to 0.

Eungesser : One cell short-circuited between the zinc and oxide

receptacle at 178 ampere hours. The other two polarized at 311 ampere
hours. All the Eungesser solutions are a dirty blue or yellow color p
the zincs precipitate to the bottom of the cell.

None of the Edison-Lalande cells polarised; on the contrary, all
of the other makes either polarized before the time was up or the
voltage dropped suddenly, with the single exception of one Excelsior
cell, which lasted eight hours longer than any of the type "HR" Edison -
Lalande cells and then dropped to 0.

7/11/1900.

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REPORT . .

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32XPKRXCTTT:; V/ITJ! E])XSON-LALANPH BATTERIES
| AT LOW TEMPERATURES .

TJ2ST 2. Mr Brodie, date March 87th to April 7th- 59 cells type
t" were employed.

The conditions were. varied in regard to make of soda, density, and
glass or porcelain jars.

The kind of soda: Solway, Alhotisen, and th.,t employed in the Gordon

coll.

The percentage of soda was varied from lift to 85J* (densities)

The temperature was lowered gradually to -80' and the, last day
reached -88?

j in. this tost the soda a d 8# soda plus salt showed the best

results; greater and lesser percentages of soda froze and polarized more
rapidly. The kind of soda used made very little difforence,and. while
j the glass jars gnv slightly better results than the porcelain,' still
there was not sufficient difference to amount to anything.

raST 2. Mr Brodie, date April 13th to April 88th.

The conditions were nearly the same as in the preceding' test, the
main difference being in dropping the temperature to -ir,' 4 -80 'early
| ln thR te8t* Th« Percentages of soda varied between gQ/ and with

i md wlth0Ht sa3t' 69 aenr> w<;re employed. Glass and porcelain jars
were used with the some results.

| The sodft 1)3 atn nf> ™da Plus salt again showed up best,

f Mixtures of sodium and potassium hydroxides were tried, as well as
|| plain potassium hydroxide with worse results than soda alone.

I TEST 3. Mr Morse, date Hay 4 to May 10.

In this test 74 cells .type «R- were used. .They were made up as

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32 c el 3 s 20$ soda pi us sal t
32 calls 23,; soda
22 cells 2 Va soda plus salt
6 cells 25$ soda
A A 6 cells 23$ ooda

4 (Jordon cells 2C$ soda

These wore divided pretty evenly between class and porcelain Jars, and
some wore tried without oil. There was no marked difference betwe n
cells containing oil,' and those without.

The temperature was again lowered immediately and kept around -18"
■ and, though thy oil polarised with very few exceptions, still 20$ soda
and 21# ooda plus salt showed best results.

TEST 4. Mr Morse Date May 17 to May 29th.

63 cells were employed. The object of the frost was to see if the cells
at different stages of their lives w-uld act differently, hence-

9 cells with 0 ampere hrs taken out “

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9 " '• 200 •' » » »

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were used. Of the nine in each set, 3 contained 2C$ soda, 3- 20$ soda
plus salt , and 3- 21$ soda plus salt. As in the case of the first-
test the temperature was lowered gradually from 0° to -23* during the
testing period. The results Justified the expectation that those used
the longest would be the firBt to polarize. The cells containing 23$
soda plus salt averaged better than either the 20$ soda plus salt or the
20$ soda alone.

- sL-U M MARY. 3. During the tests some cells containing hard

pressed copper oxides, and some with soft oxides, as well as the loose
oxide used by the (Jordon people were compared and showed no marked dif¬
ference in bhliavior.

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' 2l‘‘ Three makes of soda, vizt;- 'Solvay, Alhusen and Gordon soda all

giving similar results.

3. Porcelain and glass jars, with a slight advantage in favor of the
glass.

4. Oel*ls with oil, and no oil. No difference.

5. Soda and potash mixed in different proportions , and potash separ¬
ately showed the soda alone to be much superior over potash, either
mixed or by itself.

. 6. Difference in water- on account of the hard water furnished at
the King's Go. Refrigerating Go. and which precipi 3 A; i-1- >. ;: ;it

water will answer.

. rk;C Aunt d. 1900

TEST 5- J.B.M. Date July 11 to 23 inclusive

19 colls type "13" were employed- contents 21$ soda and a chemical
salt, and 79$ water, this proportion having given the best results upon
previous tests. The chemical salt was 0 4$ of the 21$. The actual

weights used in each were 6-1/2 ozs of water, or 184-.graras
48 grams soda
2 grains chemical salt
Total weight - 184 grams

The chemical salts employed were sodium phenol ate s:’"-
" acetate

" citrate

" oxalate (which precipitated)

" sulphate . , •

. bisulphate Sod. bisulphite
11 nitrate

" nitrite

" phosphate

" pyrophosphate

11 metaphosphate

" chlorate

. " bromide

" silicate (5 grams of a soda sol

ution. of na 4 si 04)

borate

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and 3 cell a containing 25)£ soda plain. object of tho latter being
to add 8 one salt as soon as they pol^irized, and soo if it could be pre¬
vented: an objection to this being that they would have to b warned up
to the ordinary temperature or the sale would* jit nix with the solution-
even the liquid, as wan seen in the sixth test, sodium silicate (syrupy)
settled upon the bottom and did not mix with the solution cold.

These .ceils behaved well, and gave great promise of an ultimate sol-
ution of the prpblem /

, ; fJodiura phenol ato

• / « acetate

' " chlorate

I '-y " ..silicate

/ 1/ ' « ..tartrate

/, 11 ; bromide.

The other^ precipitated, chryatnllizert and polarised. Curves of the tem¬
perature changes lind voltage ch«) gen accompany this report.

T3SXT 6. ; J.B.M. date July 20 to Augt 6 inclusive-
31 cells type, "R" were used, contents 21^ soda plus chemical, and 79#
water, or th same conditions prevailed as in Test #4.

Amounts,, used 6 lbs 5 ox water
\ 1 lb 10 ox soda

30 grains chemical salt

Theoretical weights - 6 lbs 5 ox 3 groans water

1 lb 10 ox soda

■7 30.5 grams.

The cel 3 8 were made up ns follows;-

i 4 cells sodium phono! ate

s 4 " " acetate

l , 5 » » silicate

b 4 u " tartrate

I 5 " " bromide

i 5 " " chlorate

2 "■ 20% soda plain
2 " 21# soda plain

The temperature in this test was run- down immediately, and same in each

wore steady and never gave tho
least sign of polarization .

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5 .

The 21^ plain went out Immediately. A set of curves showing the aver¬
age of each set enclosed, also fin average temperature curve. The box
inwhidi the test v/as mails varies usually 7? to 5 degrees in temperature
between tlje ends and middle. The amonia coil runs through the mjl&dle
of the box

letters show where
thermomoteife ' Were
placed <

S U M M A R Y . In. test #5 with the "ri" cells, there IS but one sine
plate, and after the test the oxide platcjs vfore picked with a knige
and showed much greater reduction to metallic copper on the near side
(side toward the zinc) This is the case in ordinary use, but, if
the reduced copper occludes or absorbs the hydrogen gas’ evolved, it
would form a positive membrane, and appose the cells* action oecasion-
ing polarization. This action, if a fact, must occur more easily during
reduction, And at the low’ temperature employed, when it is naturally to
be supposed that the oxide depolarizes with less rapidity and efficiency
An example tending to show thisxis found in the 3rd test; cells 'with
300 and 275 amp hrs and even 200 amp hrs. taken out of them, wore used
and ran the length of their, life.

Now, if the form of cell "B" has any value, the large cell of "Y"
type 300 amp hrs. may answer bettor than the "R" type- an explanation
may be found in the fact that there is a larger oxide surface whieh
ordinarily is not necessary, but in the low temperature tests must he

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taken mo account, especially if tW action or the depolarizer become
sluggish or the temperature falls.

The use of foreign salts was suggested for two reasons. 1 The salt
would increase the density of the solution without increasing the per-
contage of soda- it being found that greater, percentages of soda than
20 or polarized more rapidly, and also chrystallishd more quickly.
Hence to prevent freezing and crystallization was the main object of '
the chemical. 53. The hydrogen was thought to be soluble, causing
polarization. It is know that 100 volumes of urine at 0* to -20°

' 3 ' 1 ’ ' i"'y oi hy<,r°6*n.' The dissolving power of caustic
soda is not known* but if it is a solvent for hydrogen it was hoped
that the introduction of sodium phenolate, chlorate, etc would render 1
it loss so.

The trouble there is due to an inefficient depolarizer at the
temperature required. The hydrogen ma* dissolve in the solution but
it must necessarily stay around the copper oxide being positive and
due to the fact that a current is passing through the cell in that dir-
' action whether the. cell is polarized or not. If then, the hydrogen
does not fill the pores of the reduced copper and is not occluded it
must form a film around the outside of the. oxide pole at all events.
SWrfiJlCTIOJrs- It would be interesting to try cells, also a larger
percentage of sodium silicate or chlorate, preferably the former, as
U can't crystallize out- while it might increase local action internal
resistonc , and lower the life of the cell still it would keep the
hydrogen right where it .was liberated, at the oxide plate, and if. the
depolarizer will act, present the, best- conditions for such action.

I don't know that it will increase l ocal action, Na 4 Si04 is not a
solvent for zinc. It doen't increase the internal resistance in the
amount heretoforo

[ATTACHMENT!

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j l course the "Y" typo /ou3tl increase internal resistance frowtho
t orn of cell.

CABLE ADDRESS:

D.-YAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, “KS
Publishers,! 1 mfiorfers ♦ and t Booksellers,

23 Murray and 27 Warren Streets,

P. 0. Box 1741. NEW YORK, Becember 5, 1900.

T. A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, N. J.

Bear Sir:

With regard to Thomsen's " Thermo chemische Untersuchungon?
as stated to you originally, this was not obtainable here and
I ordered a copy for you from abroad, which is due in about, ten
days' time. The other work, Gladstone and Tribe's "Storage Bat¬
teries," is out of print and quite scarce, but I hope to have this
for you at the same time. (> y

The volumes of the American^. Chomiwal Society for which
you sent me the order this morning must be imported as they are
not obtainable here and it will be at least three or four weeks
before I am able to send them to you.

Awaiting your further favors, I am

CABLE ADDRESS:

D. VAN N03TRAND COMPANY, ,*£

]f ulalisl^e

Irrjpopfeps • en^el • lB@0l5selle.ps,

trray 27 Warren. Streets,

P.O.Box 1741. New YORK,

December 12, 1900.

Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:

Replying to your recent inquiry, we beg to say that we
shall be pleased to supply you with a copy of Jensch's "Das Cad¬
mium" (a paper contained in ''Safimlung Ohemischer und Chemischfcitech
nischer Vortrftge) at 50 cts., and awaiting your favors, are
Very truly yours, j.

1900. Edison, T.A. - General (D-00-02)

This folder contains correspondence relating to a variety of subjects.
Included are documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not
fall under the main subject categories in the Document File. Among the items
for 1900 are letters from longtime Edison associates Sigmund Bergmann,
Charles Batchelor, Samuel Insull, Edward H. Johnson, and Josiah C. Reiff,
as well as letters of inquiry regarding Louis Dreyfus and his process for
welding steel. Also included is a letter containing Edison's comments on the
disposition of the stock in the Edison Electric Light Co. of Europe, Ltd.

All of the documents have been selected.

Bdrgmann-Elek ' motoren - und Dvyiamo -Werke

Y"r 1 ktiengesellschaft. \ ? ,

- : . - BERLIN N. February 10, . iiOO.. .

Telegramn-Adresse.-Fulgurn Berlin. Oudemrder Slrasseay# - * V '

- yDV;.;'. V. ^ na*‘ *'■■*»*>?>»■ ' . v .0 J '>%£■

: Amt II, No. 2652 ,ind £666. '

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My dear Mi eon , ^ ^ /

Your .letter 1 have re'c give dt many /thanks for it
I am very much pleased to hear that fortune tot 11 smile upon
you' aga in and I hope that this sunshine, which you are so much entitle 0

'* The. Ore" Mt 11 trig: Patents .are' making their uei
and Seub'el will- send jor you and Dick a full report <

I have sent you under separate covi
, English Edition of our, new Catalogue , All \
notsonly. exist - on paper out -J. am J nanufaciur :

catalogue then you will: come

1 the ..gone lust on that I have ?

nave accomplished in so short a ftiiie .

f idea of . *■ he- impf.o vgm ents fbe

j Motor and Dynamo i

felt) days as a present, with my compliments , a two :
motor slow speed (150 Revolutions pih. Min.) 6.tc.rt in >

fiergmann-Elektromc*ogen- nnd Dynamo - Werh^ Aktiengesellschaft.

Febry.10. 1900

no sparking and no change in the position of brushes from no load to
full load. You will find this motor described in the catalogue on ;

page 62 to 71 . [

The magnetframe of this machine is all made up of punchings
and X am also sending you such a punching also one of the armature, on
whtch you wtll find entirely new features, of which I enclose a des¬
cription.

Would you please, after having received this motor, to write
me a letter in your own handwriting written with ink giving your opinion
on the design as well as the workmanship of this motor as well as on the
other types in the catalogue .

A letter like this from you, would be a fine send off for my \$
new Catalogue and pricelist which I am Just now preparing. Wtll you do
this for me ?

Ina separate ■_ letter I would like to know, how far you are with
X have not toed that your American Patent is issued and
If the Meter is a

success I could sell the Patent for you in this country at a good price
without any trouble.

'i'\ Moping that you and your family are enyoytng good health I

with kindest regards

Your old and faithful friend

your new meter.

I hope ■ not neglected to have it patented in Germany.

J tl

[ENCLOSURE]

Bergmann-Elektromotoren- mid Dynamo - Werjta . Aktiengesellschaft.

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Re. Type F Machine.

Armature .

Z7ze principal features of this armature are firstly the
curved slot and secondly the split or slotted tooth. The armature is
adapted to machine formed coils and the curvature of the slot permits
of the coil being placed in. position very easely and without straining
it. Fig.l shows the usual form of slot and the placing of a coil on
the armature. Fig. 8 shows the same conditions but with the curved
slot. The curved slot also permits of much more wire being placed in
the armature than with the straight slot, the comparison being based
on the conditions that the outside diameter of armature the inside dia¬
meter of armature, the diameter of bottom of slots, and the width of
tooth at bottom of slot are equal in both armatures, these being limit¬
ing conditions.

The sparktngjusually present in toothed armatures when worked
-to high outputs per pound of material has been abvtated by the splitting
of the tooth * This sparking which is so much more noticable in toothed
armatures than in smooth body armatures is due to the self induction
of the coil that is passing under the brush and having the direction
of current reversed tn it. The coil in the toothed armature being al¬
most surrounded by iron has a much higher self induction. In splitting
the tooth and forming a reluctance gaf below the tooth a large amount

[ENCLOSURE]

£er gin ann- Elektromotcv-en-
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und Dynamo- Wei^ > Aktiengesellschaft.

of magnetism is forced through the teeth adjacent to the ootl to be
commutated, up one side of it and down the other, thus magnetically
saturation the teeth in the commutation zone and thereby reducing the
eelf induction. A machine properly proportioned on these lines needs
no movement of the brushes and can carry double load for short periods.

The main feature of the field is the removable pole extent ion
and the fact that it ts laminated throughout (the laminated field is
of course old.)

[ENCLOSURE]

~ FEBRTJA-RY^ 23, 1900...

NTG NEW^'~'WRDyESDAY,

. GOURAUDPHQNE.” «

CoL Gouraud Discovers an " English E
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when your device was ready for the market and proper patents were
secured, you would advise me, in order that I might take the ms. t ter
up with Mr. lage.

Having this in mind, I have talked withlpne or two people about •
it, and have learned that there are some old patents on devices of
this character, and it occurred to me that it would he of interest
to you to know of these patents, I know that your attorneys might
find them, hut on the other hand, they might not. 1 learn that the
following patents have heen taken out:

405,966, on June 25, 1889, 405,967, on June 25, 1889.

438,872, on October 21, 1890. .

These belong to a man by the name of John Wilson, who is very
poor, and if they are of ary value , they could be secured at a very
low price, If you should want them, please let me know, suggesting
what they are worth to you and I think I can get them; if they are
of no value, also please let me know and 1 will dispose of Mr.

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Wo note in tho Nov/ York "Herald" of the Oth instant an article
•awarding the fusion of stool by being placed in some chemical compound
ogother with powdorecl aluminum and ignitod. .. Thio may be the' usual
towspaner fake story, but if not, will you kindly give us the address of
!r. Louis Dreyfus, the alleged inventor., or if there is no secret about
he process, give us tho proportions of the 1® chanical or chemical
lixture referred to?

Kindly note enclosed stamped and addressed envelope. Wo have taken
he liberty 0f calling upon your good services on the ground, that we are
sing n groat many of tho Edison batteries and appliances. Thanking you
n advance for your courtesy, we are,

Yours very truly,

[ENCLOSURE]

IEW YORK. _ApxlI_JJf_I9.0Q._

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, New Jersey.

Dear Sir:-

Mr. Louis Dreyfus, before his departure for Europe last
week, requested that 1 would write you, notifying you that 1 have
charge of his interests in this country and have in hand the matter
of his flexible metallic tubes, as well as the Goldschmidt process
for welding rails.

If there is anything 1 can do for you in connection with
either of these matters, 1 shall be only too glad to do it.

Yours very truly,

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•the room in which I washed my hands Wednesday evening. Some body
ought to enrich your collection at the laboratory by characteristic
samples, for after awhile some of them will probably not be found,
as I notice the rock iB changing somewhat with depth.

When you can find the. time, I would be pleased to have from
you the name and address of the Geman who has discovered the new
method of smelting steel or iron without fire.

Yesterday at your laboratory I noticed that you were using
some fire brick for the cement plant which may not prove entirely
satisfactory. I have obtained best results in somewhat similar
work from the Mt. Savage, Maryland, fire brick.

With kindf regards, and best wishes, I remain
Faithfully yours.

' Dear Kr. Edison: -

You will recollect that, when ho last saw you, Kr.Villard
spoke of an insulating material called ambroin. I enclose a pro¬
spectus of the claims made for it, and send you to-day hy express
two samples both made in Germany, the larger of v/hich purports to
be fire-proof. I wound ask in Mr.Villard's behalf if you will
•icindly have a test made of this material to ascertain whether the
claims made for it are well founded.

Truly yoi

[ENCLOSURE]

"AMBROIN. "

Ambroin is the best and cheapest substitute for hard rubber
y^iber

celluloid, vulcaniiiB),-; i-slate, ebony, etc.

It is a REH1ARKA3LE INSULATOR OP ELECTRICITY, and is therefore
especially adapted POR USE IN ELECTRIC MANPACTURES .

It is manufactured in four principal grade, as follows:- 1

Grade 1. Insulating material.

Grade 2. Acid-proof material.

Grade 3. Alkali-proof material.

Grade 4. Por withstanding high temperatures.

Ambroin has a specific gravity varying from 1.4 to 1.8. It is
applicable to the production of all articles employed in electric
insulation for dynamos, motors, transformers, switch-boards, fuse-
blocks, cut-out blocks, etc. Also for acid-proof vessels for use
in the chemical industries, for various articles used in surgery -
in fact, its applications are innumerable.

Ambroin can be produced in various dark colors, also in dense
black and marbled. It is much cheaper than hard rubber, and, as
compared with the latter, it offers much greater resistance to the
action of high temperature and the elements.

IT IS PLASTIC.

Ambroin may be molded without danger of the slightest subse¬
quent shrinkage; consequently, objects of the most complicated
form, made therefrom, may at any future time be int.erchangedi
which is impossible with hard rubber. This feature is of great
value in the event of one of the interchangeable parts of a com¬
plicated apparatus being broken or damaged. Por purposes-1 in which
a high finish in, unnecessary, the articles are ready- for immediate
use, when they leave the mold; and a'subsequent fitting and finish¬
ing, involving hand work, is unnecessary.

[ENCLOSURE]

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Ambroin cement and polished like wood. Ambroin scraps may be re¬
worked, without deterioration of quality.

BEHAVIOr- WHEN EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER.

Ambroin, as compared with vulcanized asbestos, vulcanized fiber,
etc,, is practically non-absorbent, a3 regards moisture, when ex¬
posed to the weather. This is or great importance in insulating
materials, because absorbed moisture, diminishes insulating capac¬
ity, very materially; and injvinter, the action of cold may cause
the destruction of insulators containing absorbed moisture. It is
free from all substances which, by the action of atmospheric
moisture, might affect a gradual deterioration, such, for instance,
as the free sulphur contained in hard rubber.

Experiments in regard to the absorption of water, gave the fol¬
lowing results:

Of the materials tested, pieces having the same area were im¬
mersed in water at a termperature of 75 degrees C., in which they
were allowed to remain for 1-1/2 hours.

Ambroin No. 1,-- - Increase in weight; 0.32/

Aetna material,-- - « h » 3.17/

(The surface became rough) '

Stabilite, - « n « 41^

Vulcanized asbestos, - « ,11 « 4^80/

Vulcanized fiber, - » it « 24^5/

These figures serve to express the exact inverse value of the
various materials, as insulators, when used in the open air.

insulating properties.

Ambroin is a remarkable insulator of electricity, even for
currents of high tension, as the following results of experiments
will demonstrate:

INSULATION RESISTANCE.

[ENCLOSURE]

tightly pressed electrodes, having an area of 25 square centi¬
meters, at 200 volts.

Without previous treatment, the resistance was 200,000 megohms.

The saucers wore filled to about half their capacity with sul¬
phuric acid of 26 degrees Be., covered, and placed in a thermostat
having a temperature of 49 degrees, in which they were allowed to
remain for ten days. The surface was then dried with blotting
paper, and on the following day the resistance was found to be
150,000 megohms. Two days later it was 200,000 megohms.

resistance to fereeration.

Experiments with air-dried plates:

Aetna material (shellac and asbestos) 0.86 mm. thick, was per¬
forated at 4,000 volts.

Ambroin (grade No.l.) 0.34mm. thick, was perforated at 5,000
volts.

Experiments with moistened plates:

The plates wore placed in water, which was then heated to boil-
had

ing, and after the water-cooled to about 30 degrees C.- they were
taken out and tested.

Aetna material 1mm. thick was perforated at 3,500 volts.

Ambroin, No.l, 0.84mm. thick was not perforated at 5,000 volts,

A plate (No.l) 5mm. thick, was not perforated at 36,000 volts,
after having been exposed to air containing 95^:KgxHwa humidity,
for a number of days-.

RESISTANCE TO THE ACTION OF .HEAT .

Ambroin (normal grade No.l) ignites only after prolonged heating
at a temperature above 400 degrees C. Cummutator rings made from
this grade withstand the prolonged heating in the presence of
lubricating oil, in every particular. A special grade, designed

[ENCLOSURE]

-or use as diaphragms of controllers, etc., withstand the action
of the hottest zone of the Bunsen flame, for a re& tively long
time; and the employment of this -grade is recommended in situations
in which the momentarily intense heat, due to the arc formed by a
short circuit, is to be feared.

For comparison, the following data in regard to other insulating
materials, are given;

Hard rubber and celluloid begin to soften in water at a tem¬
perature of 70 degrees C. Celluloid begins to burn at a temper¬
ature of 175 degrees C. and hard rubber ignites at 180 degress C.

RESISTANCE TO ACIDS AND ALKALIES .

Ambroin, grade No. 2, is not attacked by a sulphuric acid of 45
degrees Be., nor by concentrated hydrochloric acid, at a temperat¬
ure of 80 degrees C. It is not materially affected by nitric acid
of 24 degrees Be., only a very slight nitration of the surface
being effected.

Grade No. 3 resists the action of solutions of caustic potash up
to 30X strength, and of acetic acid up to 50^ strength.

STRENGTH.

As regards tensile strength and resistance to compression,
ambroin is superior to all insulating materials made from gums or
resins.

The experiments gave the following results:

Tensile Strength,

While hard rubber is perfectly elastic at 50 to 70 degrees C.
ambroin is considerably stronger at this temperature, than when
cold. Hence, the following experiments were made at ordinary,
atmospheric temperatures; and the tests for determining the ulti¬
mate strengths of the various materials, were made with rods, care-

[ENCLOSURE]

fully turned to a uniform diameter,
mate tensile strengths:

The following

wore the ulti- ■ • ;

Hard rubber (per square cm.)

Aetna material " " "

Ambroin No.l " " "

79 Kilos.
' 98 »

151 »

RES I STANCE TO COMPRESSION.

Cubes of 25mm. edge. Area of surface about 6.4 square centi-

At ordinary atmospheric temperature,

Ambroin, 1216 Kilos

Hard rubber, 997 "

Aetna material, 331 "

At 60 degrees C.,

Ambroin, 888 " ,

Hard rubber, The compression began at a very light
load.

Commutator ring, external diameter, 26.8cm., internal diameter
16.75 cm. Heated to 100. degrees C. during the test. The break
occurred at a pressure of 176,000 kilos. As the ring was not of
perfectly true form, the pressure was not dniformly distributed.

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Chicago, July 14th, 1900.

W. E. Gilmore, Esq. !

General Manager, Edison Phonograph Works, j

Orange, N. J.

My Dear Gilmore:

I have your favor of the 12th enclosing proposed
agreement between myself, the Bates Manufacturing Company and the . . j

Edison Phonograph Works. The agreement in question covers the arrange-,'
ment between Mr. Edison and you and myself, except that my recollection ; !
is that the royalty was to be paid as long as the apparatus in question
was manufactured, and was not to be limited by the expiration of
any patents. It seemed to me kbmk at the time that Mr. Edison made
the suggestion that it was a fair way of arranging the matter in view
of the very large sum I have invested in the Bates business. Personally,
I would very much rather make an out and out sale of my interest on !

the terms I suggested to you some time ago. I am going to New York
on Monday night, and shall be at the Waldorf-Astoria for two or three
days. If convenient to you I would like to Bit down and discuss the j

matter with you. You oan reach mw by mail at the hotel, or by f

telephone at the General Incandescent Aro Light Company.

Thanking you for giving attention to this matter, I remain, ij

EDISON BUILDING,

Chicago, July 23rd, 1900.

W. E. Gilmore, Esq,.

Care Edison Manufacturing Company
Orange, N. J.

My Dear Gilmore:

l\. lIVED

S'*

I received your favor of the 17th at the Waldorf-Astoria,
and telephoned you to your office the next afternoon, hut was told that
you had to go out of town. • Holmes told me that you expected to he
West at an early date. I hope when you come out here that we will he
able to fix raattorB up mutually satisfactory wifch relation to the Bates

contract. _ _ x \_f-

Yours truly

Chicago, August 29th, 1900,

W. E. Gilmore, Esq..

Care Edison Manufacturing Company,

Orange, N.

My Dear Gilmore:

I received your telegram yesterday stating that you
had sent the notes hy special delivery, and would send the release later.
I am of course willing to si gn anything in reason that your lawyer wants
me to in the way of a release. I have no doubt when it arrives it will
be entirely satisfactory. I presume I will get the notes from you
tomorrow.

Chicago, September 1st, 1900,

Ediii on Phonograph Works
Orange, N.J.

My Dear Gilmore:

In your letter of the

SEP. 4- 1.900 I

s 28th of August you

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[gust you speak of

the 125 shares of Bates Manufacturing Company's stock which I hold.
All I hold is 63 shares, which I have endorsed and sent you by

same mail under separate registered coYer.

I have not put the

revenue stamps on this certificate, as I do not know what revenue
stamps should go on it, considering the nature of the transfer. Will
you please find out from your lawyers what should go on, and put them
on and cancel them and let me know and I will reimburse you.

If you will refer back to the oontraot of the 21st of June,

1895, you will find in olause number two that the oapital stock of the
Bates Manufacturing Company, amounting to 250 shares, was to be
transferred 125 shares to the Edison Phonograph WorkB, 63 shares
to sadd Insull and 62 shares to said Bates. This was done under
that oontraoit. Later on you bought the Bates stook, so that that
gave the Phonograph Works 187 shares. The 63 shares above referred
to which I have sent you, make 8 the total capital stock. I find

in a letter whioh you wrote me on August 18th, 1898, you refer to
my having $6,300. worth of stook.

(2)

not correct in my above statements, please let me know.
Yours truly

EDISON BUILDING,

Chicago, September 10th, 1900.

, Gilmore, Esq.

i' P r r >■' ’ ■ " O'

General Manager, Edison Phonograph Worses v 1 • 1 - ;

Orange, N.J. | SE,n W-'MQ j

Dear sir: kd

I return you herewith the signed co^S
which you sent me. 1 have had these re-copied, inasmuch as there

was an error in the release (the amount should have "been 63 shares
instead of 125) and have signed the new copies in duplicate and
enclose them herewith. Please have the Phonograph Works and the
Bates Company execute both of the new copies enclosed herewith,
keep one yourself and forward one to me.

I shall be glad if you will forward me a check for royalty up
to the first of September at your earliest convenience so as to close
the matter out.

Yours truly

[ATTACHMENT]

AN AGREEMENT made this first day of September ,nineteen
hundred, between SAMUEL INSULL, party of the first part, the BATES
MANUFACTUH NG COMPANY, party of the second part, and the EDISON
PHONOGRAPH WORKS; party of the third part.

WHEREAS the party of the second part is indebted to the
party of the first part in the sum of Fourteen Thousand Eight Hundred and
Sixty-six dollars and Thirty-four cents($14,8G6.34) which said indebt¬
edness has been assumed by the party of the third part, and the party of
the first part is the owner of sixty-iil ree (63) shares of the capital
stock of the party of the second part, which shares of stock the party
of the first part has transferred to the party of the third part at
the time of the execution of this agreement as part of the considera¬
tion thereof.

AND WHEREAS the party of the third part at the time of the
execution of this agreement has executed and delivered to the party of
the first part its twelve certain promissory notes, dated September
first, Nineteen hundred, made to his order, for One Thousand dollars
($1,000.) each with interest at five per cent per annum from such date,
the first note falling due three months from date and succeeding notes
falling due each succeeding three months thereafter, the last note
falling due three years from date.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of, One dollar
($1,00) paid to the party of the first part by the party of the second
part, and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the said party of the
first part, for himself, his heirs , executors and administrators , releases
and discharges- the said parties of the second and third parts respective
ly and their successors and each of them, of and from all mamer of action
and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of
money, accounts .royalties, reckonings .bonds , bills, specialties
covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, variances,
trespasses, damages, judgements, executions, claims and demands whatso¬
ever in law or in equity .which against the said parties of the second and

[ATTACHMENT!

third parts, or either of them, the said party of the first part ever
had, now has or which his heirs, executors or administrators , hereafter
can, shall, or may have, for, upon or by reason of any matter, cause
or thingv. whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the day of the
date of these presents, excepting the above mentioned promissory notes.

AND the parites of the second and third parts respectively and each
of them, in consideration of the premises and of fli e s un of One Dollar
($1,00) paid to the party of the second part by the party of the first
part, release and discharge the party of the first part, his heirs,
executors and administrators of and from all and all manner of action
and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, dues , sums of
money, accounts, royalties, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties,
covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, premises, variances,
trespasses, damages, judgments, executions, claims and demands what¬
soever, in law or in equity, which against the party of the first part
tie parties of the second and third parts, or either of them, ever had,
now have, or vAiich their s ucoessors, or the successors of either of them,
hereafter can, shall, or may have, for, upon or by reason of ary matter ,
cause or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of the' world to the day
of t be date of these presents.

IN W3TNJ5SS WHEREOP the party of the first part has hereto set his
hand and seal, and the parties of the second gndl.tfcird parts have
respectively hereto set their corporate seals and caused these presents
to be eI gned by their duly authorized officers, in duplicate, the day

and year first above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of
William A. Pox

(Signed) Samuel Insull

Bates Manufacturing Co.
By W. E. Gilmore
President

Attest

P. Randolph
Secretary

Attest

. P. Randolph

Secretary

Edison Phonograph Word®

Ey Thos. A. Edison

President

Blair C~ Co.

3a WAI.L STKKHT.

Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Llewellyn Park ,

Orange ,

Dear Sir;-

A Certificate has recently come into our hands for stock
of the Edison Electric Eight Company of Europe (Ltd). The Certificate
was issued in 1881 and was registered by the Earners* Loan & Trust
Company and is signed by yourself as President.

Would you be kind enough to tell us what became of this
Company and whether the stock is at present of any value.

Thanking you in advance for any information which you may be
able to give us on this subject,, believe us,

Very truly yours.

v- £■

My dear Mr. Edison:-

If entirely convenient to you, it would "be a great
accommodation for the Young Hen's Christian Association to receive a check
for your subscription of $100. which you made last Spring, the same to ho
applied toward our current expenses. Last year you paid us the early
part of December. I would not ask for it but we really need it in order
to meet some obligations which will be due this' month.

I wish to thank you for the interest which you have always
taken in this institution. There are a number of your employes who make
use of the building and I know that they are all benefited thereby. Our
building is so crowded that we have been compelled to refuse to take in
any more in the Boys’ Department. We have just' received a contribution •
of $40,000. toward a new building from Hr. Stickler, and we hope before
next' year is over to start building, but will not do so until we have
raised sufficient funds to go into the building free of all indebtedness.

Again thanking you for your contribution, I remain,

Yours very truly,

P.S. You may send the oheok either to me or to our Treasurer, George F.
Seely, care of the Young Men's Christian Association, Main St.

Mr. Thomas Edison.

1900. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-00-04)

This folder contains correspondence from or about employees and
former or prospective employees. Included are three letters by Elbert A.
Wilson, a chemist whom Edison was interested in hiring, and a letter by former
employee Owen J. Conley.

Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. Among
the unselected items are requests for employment at the West Orange
laboratory, an offer to represent Edison at the Paris Exposition of 1900, and a
letter recommending a field geologist for Edison's New Mexican mining
endeavor.

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i.-2.6th-,1900

Mr. R. L. Taft,

Monmument House,

Woonsooket,R. I.

Dear Sir: —

Your favor of the 23rd inst. at hand and contents noted. The
hours work here at the Laboratory are fifty-four per week, and if
this would be satisfactory to you, you can come on and see Mr.

Edison in resard to a position with him, and we will pay your Rail¬
road fare one way. Please notify us.

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1900. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-00-05)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
Edison's family. Included are items regarding Thomas A. Edison, Jr.'s
business activities; a letter by William Leslie Edison complaining about the
behavior of his sister-in-law, Marie Toohey Edison; a notice regarding the
death of Edison's sister, Marion Wallace Page; and letters from two Edison
cousins requesting financial assistance. There is also a draft version in
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Chicago, til. Jan. 31, 1900.

Thomas A. Alisoni

Mother diad 10,30 tonight. Will take remains to Milan
Thureciay night’s train. Funoral Friday or Saturday. Awaiting
your answer if you can com® thore. Answar Chicago.

Mr 8, 3eo. W, Rietina.

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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

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THOMAS A. EDISON, Jn., c<
A. A. FRIEDENSTEIN, GENE

Jutcvnatloual gttfciut of

Science and guucntlon.

EDISON BUILDING.

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Mr. Thos. Ao Edison, *

Lewellyn Park, N. J.

Dear Sir;

Herewith we beg to call your attention to the following
matter which kindly give your earnest consideration.

We have organized. THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF SCIENCE AND
INVENTION, with branches in London and Paris, for the purpose of
advancing the oause and furthering the ends of Soience.

•You will undoubtedly agree with us, that many a good idea of
value is lying idle, because the originator is either unable or
unwilling to go to the expense necessary for the development of
same, until he can ascertain whether it is of any practical value.

WE HAVE UNDER OUR PERSONAL SUPERVISION A CORPS OF EXPERTS,
HEADED BY OUR MR. THOMAS A. EDISON, JR., WHO WILL EXAMINE AND LOOK
INTO ANY IDEA OR IDEAS SUBMITTED TO US, (AS PER BLANK ENCLOSED),
GIVING THEIR OPINION OF SAME, AND IF NECESSARY MAKING SUGGESTIONS
TOWARD IMPROVEMENT.

If the idea is good, as it stands, we will make you an offer
for it, and if our offer is accepted, we will immediately make
application for patent, allowing you one third interest in same.
Said patent will be held in trust until we have two hundred, when
a stock company will be formed to market the patents and push them,
YOU RETAINING YOUR INTEREST.

A COMPANY BACKED BY AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED GOOD PATENTS AND
SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL, HEADED BY MR. THOMAS A. EDISON, JR-., IS CER¬
TAINLY A SAFE AND A GOOD INVESTMENT.

(Of course, you appreciate the fact, that all matters tran¬
sacted by us, will be treated in the strictest confidence, and our
names and reputations should sufficiently demonstrate to you, that
you will be fairly dealt with).

All ideas submitted, to receive attention, must be written

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plainly and in full on enclosed blank, and accompanied by one
lar to cover cost of expert services, stationery and postage.
Trusting we can be of service to you.

We beg to remain.

XT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ALL IDEAS NOT ACCEPTED ON TERMS SPEC¬
IFIED ABOVE, WILL BE HELD SUBJECT TO YOUR ORDER AND WILL BE HRT.n
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, THE SAME AS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CLIENT AND
ATTORNEY.

Mr. Ihos. A. Edison, Jr., has assured me that the above schemejhad
been endorsed by you. If so, would you kindly advise me to that ef¬
fect, as I would not oare to invest any money in any matter that was
not striotly 0. K..

Trusting you will favor me with a reply, so that I can
you

govern myself accordingly, and thanking in advance for same.

Believe me to be.

[ENCLOSURE]

APPLICATION TO

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lienee and givuention.

EDISON BUILDING, 44

THOMAS A. EDISON, Jr., consulting expert.

A. A. FRIEDENSTEIN, general manager.

....Agveemeut...

I hereby apply to tile above Bureau for their cousidc'
on the following idea or ideas and enclose the si

- dollars ill payment for

subject to the conditions of the attached circular.

NAME,

ADDRESS, .

W. U. Telegram.

New York May 14, 1900.

Thomas A. Edison:

Lawyer retained summons issued, will
on receipt check $45^. Please answer hy wire.

(Signed) Carl leibinger.

stop proceeding

Mr. John Randolph,

c/o Edison Laboratory,

I have been informed by Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Jr. , lhat
he has received a letter from you with reference to one Frieden-
stein. I> wish to state that Mr. Edison, Jr., has signed articles
of co-partnefcship with this man Friedenstein two or three weeks
ago, and that Mr. Friedenstein is a young fellow1 just past 21, has
been very anxious for Mr. Edison to go forward with the project
under the name, I believe, of the International Bureau of Science

I have advised Mr. Edison, Jr., that Mr. Friedensteii
no claim upon him whatsoever, and Mr. Edison, Jr., is not goin*
forward with the matter in any respect whatsoever. I have the
articles of co-partnership and will see that the matter rests £

Very sincerely yours.

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Mr. Thomas Edison,

New York, N.Y.

Dear Sir:-

In 1883 1 came from Denver, and met Mrs. Fannie Edison Floyd
on that trip in route to Los Angeles, cal.

She was a widow with one small boy. At that time she seemed
to be a lady with some means, and as -a* handsome a woman as it had been my
to see for quite a while, she made investments, I think,
wftrCTi proved to be b^d, causing a conqplete loss to her.

The boy grew up, and with other friends, I succeeded in get¬
ting him a position as fireman on the Southern Pacific railroad. He
finely went to the bad, and I am informed, absolutely for several
years deserted his mother, who in the mean time had taken ill until
two years ago she came to me physically a total wreck, and saying that
she was absolutely in distress for the necessities of life, and again
asked me to help her, or to assist her in having the county give her
support. X personally helped her, and then made application to the
Board of Supervisors, from whom she has been receiving at the expense
of the county, four (4) dollars per month, for the past two years.

-I- have-not- seen-' her until this morning, she informs me that
she is a cousin of yours, and has written to you for assistance.

Dr. Fitzgeral<i-:$ho has been treating her without any com¬
pensation whatever, is one of our foremost physicians.

I know full well that men in

your position have many calls

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that they can not respond to, but this lady, while she is nothing to
me on earth, is certainly worthy the attention of any good man, and if
it were possible for you to aid her 1 believe it will be as great a
charity perhaps as you could give. Today she stands almost deaf,
bloated and puffed with drops*, distressing to say the least to look
at her without knowing the real facts.

X have served the people of this city one year in the Assemb
ly, two years in the State Senate, and four years ending March of this
year as Post Master of the Oity of Los Angeles, and refer you to any
of the banks or Commercial houses of this City as to my standing, and
whether or ndtwould make any statement other than I believe, and have
good reasons to know are the facts, and would not write thin as I have
were It not that X believe she is certainly a very wotthp abject of
your charity, and has apparently but a. short time to live.

Very respectfully yours,

X am,

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Broad & Chestnut Streets •' •

' Philadelphia. _ August 30th. 1900.'

Thomas A. Edison, Esq., .

OranQS, N. J.‘

My Dear Hr. Edison':

I hope that you. still intend going with us to
Bamegat on Labor Day and .that Mrs. Edison with Madeline and Charles
will also go with us. Mrs. Pilling and our children expect to go
if the weather is favorable, and I think that she would feel more
comfortable if she should not be the only lady in the party.

Yours very truly, v

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1900. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-00-09)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Included are items pertaining to the
incorporation of the company in May 1900. There are also letters concerning
the U.S. War Department's purchase of phonoplex telegraphy components for
use in the Philippine Islands. Among the correspondents is William E. Gilmore,
vice president and general manager of the company.

Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been selected. Not
selected are letters concerning insurance, items regarding royalty payments on
phonoplex circuits, and documents that duplicate selected items.

Other items in the Document File relating to the Edison Manufacturing
Co. can be found in D-00-01 (Battery) and in D-00-15 (Motion Pictures).

[CA. FEBRUARY 1900]

Mr, Randolph UUu*- >1 ^ (

Here Is the arrangement that I made with the Penna. R. R. Co.,
which explains itself. The Mfg. Co., however, cannot stand this charge
of $600.00, and the hills for the goods which the Penna. R. R. Co.,
will order, are to be charged against Thomas A. Edison. However, when
the orders come in I will pass on them and we will then decide the
question as to how it shall be handled.

[ENCLOSURE]

Type "Q"Cell,

Orange , N. J. , Dec. 8th, 1899.

Pennsylvania Railroad Co.,

A. Hale, Esq., Sup* t Telegraph,

Philadelphia , Pa

Dear Sir:- . , ‘

I have a letter from Mr. Logne, who saw you in Phildelphia
several days ago, in which he advises that he has fixed up the matter
of the use of the Phonoplex system on the P. W. & B. R. R. , and our under
standing of this is, that' we are to grant to your Compsny the free use
of the Phonoplex system of telegraphy already installed on various
portions of this branch of your road for the period of three years from
Jan. 1st, 1900. In addition to this, we are to furnish your Company with
batteries and renewals therefore amounting in total. ,to §000.00 net,
based on prices which they now pay, one-half (§300) to be taken out in
cells complete, and the remaining one-half ($300)cto be taken out in
renewals complete, ffe, would very much prefer that you arrange to place
your orders for this material complete immediately, shipments to be made
to any points that you may indicate. The principle reason for this is,
that it would be much more satisfactory to us, and doubtless, in the
long run to you, if the matter could be closed up, so far as the material
is concerned, at once, rather than to have continuous small orders sent
in from time to time, which would naturally spread the deliveries over, a

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CAPACITY ISO AMPERE HOUR

(2) 12/8/99

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rather indefinite period and would leave the account open on our books
until the entire amount had been offset. We feel that after due con¬
sideration you will agree with us as to this, as no doubt your Company
would prefer to thke the material as a whole, rather than to have credits
open on our books indefinitely.

Mr. Edison and ourselves are very glad to learn that this J.
little difficulty has been satisfactorily arranged to all concerned, and
we can only trust that the very cordial relations that have heretofore
existed with your Company will continue.

Yours very truly,

(SIGNED) W. E. GILMORE,

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P. s.

Gen. Manager.

In connection with the ordering of the entire amount of
material forward, we of course do not wish you to understand that the
order should be placed immediately, as of course if you desire to 'take
a period of thirty or sixty days in which to place orders for the total
amount, this will be in every way satisfactory to us.

Hay 88*.

Go ahead and incorporate the "The Raison Mfg. Co."

Capital $500,000.00. teeued full paid to me for the good will and
business of what is now known as Sdison Mfg., except that part
relating to the moving picture business along with the transfer to
new Company is tools and appliances for manufacturing Raison
lelande Batteries, also pattern and tools for manufacturing fan
Motors and Medical Apparatus, together will all stock on hand and
in course of manufacture, .'and outstanding accounts, in addition
to this tlie real estate now belonging to me opposite the laboratory
also all office furniture. New Company assume all debts of
present business.

T suppose this issue of the stock, full paid, will be
legal. The balance sheet is just out, and we cleared $51,000.00
last year outside of moving picture business.

The new Company will errect large Mfg. Works accross the
road from laboratory, costing about $400,000.00, to manufacture
all kinds of machinery and apparatus, both Alectrical, Mining and
otherwise want right to issue bonds. I have a party who will buy
$400,000.00 bonds at par. Bonds t0 cover all the

property and

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business, good will etc. and all new property. Cash received
from bonds, all to go into the business. Bonds to run twelve
years interest 7 per cent per annum, after three years and for
each of the remaining years l/9th of the bonds shall be redeemed at
105 and accrued interest.

You will please draw up such prooosed bond and mortgage,
so I can submit it to the people who will loan any time from, the
1st to the 10th of May will answer to prepare organization and
sale to Hew Company of present business and proposed Bond &
Mortgage.

Yours,

C> -

Mr. Thos. A. Edison,

Orange, N.J,

My Dear Sir:-

In accordance with
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f easlble .Ho make the bonds

It will be necessary!) 1

>ur instructions I have incorporated
The plan you suggest is entirely

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able in New York State. That of course
can be done without any difficulty.

I enolose an offer fonfthe sale of the business for you to sign,
and return, then I will h ajre it aocepted by the Directors of the
corporation. Who do you/ wish to have as Directors and officers?

Three Aare necessary. IJ you want more than three, you can have as
many ^is you please.

Yours very truly.

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Annual Report for 1900

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organized under the Laws of

the State of

New Jersey.

Directors, Officers, &c.

Filed

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Secretary of State.

Chapter 124 of the

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Annual Report by a Domestic Corporation.

The. . . Company.

OrgattiztJi and RegistercQnnder the Laws of the State of New Jersey.

The corporation above named, organized and registered under the Laws of the State of New Jersey, does hereby
make the following report in compliance with the provisions of an act of the Legislature of New Jersey, entitled “An Act
Concerning Corporations (Revision of 1896),” and the various acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.

mu vauuus uuis umcuuuiury uiercoi ana supplemental tnereto.

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SECOND — The location of the registered office is at No. CoxyxtN. lfaMikyJi^^ ^^ttriStHset,

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is the agent upon \»liom process may be servi/d. (_/

THIRD — The character of the business .

FOURTH — The amount of the authorized capital stock is . The amount actually

issued and outstanding is . .

FIFTH— The names and addresses of all the Directors and Officers and the term when the office of each expires
arc as follows :

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President, ^krcAj CO. \

Vice President, fcUottm ■ t&Uj-cy 4L. j

Treasurer, CU&a^, §■ j

Secretary, S. j

SIXTH — The next annual meeting of the stockholders for election of Directors is appointed ti

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SEVENTH The name of the corporation has been at all times displayed at the entrance of its registered office in
this State, and the corporation has kept at its registered office in this State a transfer-book, in which the transfers

of stock are made, and a stock-book, containing the names and addresses of the stockholders and the number of shares

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, N.J.

Dear Sirs-

I beg to report that I saw Mr. Spoffard and gave him a draft
of the proposed mortgage and alsoa rough memorandum of the assets of
the Company. He seemed very much pleased with the matte, r, and Bald
lhat he expected to see Mr. Villard on Monday. Mr. Spoffard suggested
that the propsed amount of bonds was smaller than might eventually be
needed/and suggested a clause in the mortgage authorising the issue
of additional bonds up to Borne very large amount to be specified, upon
the Trustee being .satisfied, that additional plant was needed for the
business and^ money raised on the bonds was to go into the plant.

I suggested that the right to issue additional bands of thiB character
might interfere with the sale of the $400,000. of bonds we put out
first. He said that might be the case, but thought if the additional
bonds were to be Issued only to 75 per oent of the increased value
of the plant, it would not interfere with the selling of the first
issue of bonds. He evidently is very much impressed with the possi¬
bilities of the Manufacturing Company and said that if new matters came
up, as they are apt to continually, you might find that the $400,000.
was nothing compared with what would be needed to establish an adequate
plant. He said he would send me word as soon as he saw Mr. Villard
and in the meantime I would confer with you in regard to this plan of
having the right to issue additional bonds.
nkoture Yours very truly.

' -pin*. ' ' _

Mr. Randolph.: \

1 Note attached letters, which explain .themselves.

I believe that you keep these letters until Mr-;' Rogue returns
and then^he makes notation in a hook that you have for the purpose.
I want to discuss the matters with him, particularly the last
paragraph, when he gets hack,, so. keep them all together.

5/16/1900.' W. T5. -G.

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Chicago, May 11th, 1900.

Mr. W. E. Giimoro,

Gen. Mgr. Edison Mfg. Co., j

Orange, II. J .

Dear Sir:-

, i'RsceiylD'

MAV. -A4.-1H00
\Ans&. . „ >

I have your letter of May 7th, also Mr. Merhew’s
letter. When this circuit was installed I did not think it
would last very long. I do not think the business in that part
of the country warranted it, excepting probably two or three
months in the fall. I think, however, that Mr. Merrfhew will
soon find another place for the instruments.

There is no way for us to know when a set of instruments
is transferred to some other place, excepting trusting to the
honesty of the officials to notify us.

Some few years before you came to Orange Mr. Edison and
Mr. Tati discussed the policy of selling the instruments out¬
right and abolishing the royalty, charging onough for the
instruments to cover the royalty for the life of the patent. If
I remember right Mr. Edison decided to stick to the old plan,
saying if lie got the money in a lump ho would spend it too
quickly, or something to this effect. The matter was then
dropped. I think, however, that if the royalty was abolished
and the instruments sold outright as proposed above there
would bo more circuits installed. Railroads and telegraph
pooplo dont like the royalty plan.

Yours truly.

-I-

[ENCLOSURE]

JAMES MERRIHEW,

Gen'l Sup(.

Western Union Telegraph Company,

SOUTHERN DIVISION.

New York, _ May_.4/_iao_Q.

'Ste'cEiyfft

Edison Mfg. Co. | -

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sirs;

I have just been advised by our Supt. at Richmond, Va.
Mr. J. B. Tree, that on January 1st, 1900, he abandoned the phono-
plex circuit betn Atlanta, Ga. and Greenville, S. C. and the same
has been dismantled. This circuit will not be resumed.

Yopfs truly

Gen. Supt.

.490

the cost

Referring to the attached, I wish you would give me
and selling prices of the phonoplex instruments. I .refer to the in¬
struments themselves. It is riot so necessary to give me the "battery-
cost at present. I want to take this matter up with. Mr. Edison.

5/16/1900. ■ _ . Jf. E. G.

Enc-I c_ ’

- /o.<i~o - 1-0:0

Your attention 'Is 'called to the fact that the phono-
plex instruments are desired hy the Signal Corps for experi¬
mental uses in connection with military operations in the j

Pliilippines, and it is hoped. that your company, recognizing i

the peculiar condition' of affairs, will he willing to sell a - I
number of sets outright to this office.

I shall he glad to agree that these Instruments
-shall noj: be used except on military telegraph lines under
the Signal Corps of the Army, so that you will in no way come
into competition v/ith leased instruments.

Much as I should he glad to experiment with these
instruments it v/ill not be possible to do so under the conditions

[ATTACHMENT]

mentioned by you. Of course it is expected that there will
he an additional price paid, which could he considered as a
life royalty for the instruments.

Trusting that you will he able to favor the Signal
Corps in this matter, X am

Very respectfully,

Brigadier General,
Chief Signal Offic

HOWARD W. HAVES,

Mr* • Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.

I "beg to acknowledge reoeipl
enclosing your check to my order for $,]
of stook of the Edison Manufacturing C<

Orange, N. «T. , May 85), 15)00.

A. W. Greeley, Boq. ,

Brig. General,

Chief Signal Offioer U. S. A. , '' ;/

War Department,, Washington, B.c.

Dear Sir:"

, We are in receipt of your favor of the 10th inet,., haying
reference ,to the introduction of the Bdison Phonoplex system of tele¬
graphy foe foreign service and particularly for experimental use in,
connection with Military operations in the ■Philippines. We hRve .dis¬
cussed this quite fully with Mr. Bdison, and he 1b willing to make an
exception, in this particular oase, .although heretofore the Bystem has
never Been introduced exoept on the lines indioated in our communica¬
tion to Hr. Reber, dated April 88th. He 0n willing to sell the Govern¬
ment two (Complete sets of Phonoplex instruments, with condensers and.
hatterleB, together with two extra, sets of renewals for the hatterio’s,
at a net prioe of Bight. Hundred Dollars ($800), on the conditions men¬
tioned in., your 1 et ter-- that , same are , to, he used only in connection, with

military .telegraph lines coming under the Signal Corps of the army. ..
You of course understand that Mr... Bdison is making thiB exo option for

a. w. a.

(?.)

5/P.9/1900.

to make payment on a royalty basis.

Of course this covers only the Instruments and the use of same
during the life of the patentn and does not oover the nervines of expert.
Should you deolde to take up and experiment with the apparatus, our*
suggestion would be that the Department appoint a competent telegrapher
who will £e thoroughly Instructed by our expert, Mr. w. S. T.ogues, as
we feel that the Government would prefer to hRve the installation and
experimenting carried on by. Its own employees rather than an outsider.

Trusting that we will have the pleasure of hearing from you further
as to thiB matter, we are, . ; v..

Yours very truly,

WjCr/T. W

General Manager.

Referring to the attachd correspondence , which fully explains
itself, proceed at once to get ready all of the material mentioned.

Do not have it packed, as Logue may want to give instructions as to
what shall go in. I have written him to-day as to this, hut the
material can he gotten ready, and it wants to he carefully inspected
to see that it is satisfactory in every way.

Of course as these are important papers, they should all he filed
away in the safe hy Mr. Westee when you are through with them.
6/6/1900. w. E. G.

[ENCLOSURE]

plan? ^gpDrtttUWt,

SIGNAL OFFICE,

June 2, 1900.

| Mr. V/. 33. Gilmore,

| General Manager, Edison Mfg'r. Co., ,

j Orange, New Jersey.

Referring to your letter of May 29, 1900
honor to advise you that I have directed Captain Eugene 0.
Fechet, Disbursing Officer of the Signal Corps, to purchase
two complete sets the EdiBon Phonoplex instruments, with con¬
densers and batteries, together with two extra sets of re¬
newals for the batteries, for the sum of eight hundred dol¬
lars.

F.M. 8879.

These instruments are purchased through the courtesy
of Mr. Edison under the conditions mentioned in my letter
i. °f May 10, 1900, and with the distinct understanding that 1

they were to be used only in connection with military tel- j

j egraph lines under the Signal Corps of the Army. \

ThiB covers only the instruments and the use of the i

same during the life of the patents, and does not cover
the services of an expert. ;|

Captain Samuel Reber, Signal corps, U. s. Army, now
serving at Governor's Island, New York Harbor, has been j

directed to consult through you with Mr. V/. s. Logue. [

I The Chief signal Officer of the Array would prefer j I

/ to have the installation made by one of your experts, but

\ i - Mi ao t± cabre^^fn^ylaTr^q the^^fac^t b that _ ^ j ?

[ENCLOSURE]

-2-

' the instruments purchased are to be used in the Philippine
Islands by Lieutenant Colonel James Allen, Signal Corps, who
is faraili&r with the principles involved.

Possibly the Corps would like to purchase additional
instruments on the same terms for the use of the Signal Corps
should these work satisfactorily over the military lines in
the Philippines.

Appreciating the courtesy and considerate action of.
both Mr. Edison and yourself, I am.

Very truly yours.

Brigadier General, \

Chief Signal Officer, U. 3. Army.

[ENCLOSURE]

fywkp&, gieprtmieit d ike tet

OFFICE OF THE SIGNAL OFFICER,

Governor’s Island, flew York City. June 4th, 1900.

to. W. E. Gilmore, General Manager,
Edison Mfg. company,

Orange, N.J.

Sir:

f f'fc'C EIVED';

JIJN. rf-lbOO

I have been informed by the Chief Signal Of¬
ficer that an order for two sets of Edison Phonopl&Ws lias been
placed with you. I would request that when ready the instruments
be delivered on Governor's Island, and will be glad to see to. Logue
whenever it is convenient for him to call at my office.

Very reg?

BP&rfTtilly ,

Captain Signal Corps, U. S. V.,
Signal Officer.

[ENCLOSURE]

Pm* iptjmrtnmtt,

SIGNAL OFFICE,

Mr. W. E. Gilmore,

General Manager, Edison Manufacturing Co
Orange, N. J.

Sir:

/ h ZCFTvFfry

Under date of June 2d the Chief Signal Officer, U.S.Army, ad¬
vised you that he had decided to place an order for two complete
sets of the Edison Phonoplex instruments, with condensers and bat¬
teries, together with two extra sets of renewals for the batteries,
aggregating in total the sum of §800.00. Accordingly', I now place
the order with you.

The matter of receiving the instruments, and providing for
their proper packing and shipment, has been entrusted to Captain
Samuel Reber, Signal Officer, Department of the East, Governor*s
Island, New York Harbor.

You will please acknowledge receipt of this order, and advise
this office how soon the instruments will be ready for delivery.

By direction of the Chief Signal Officer.

. Very respectfully.

Cap ta in^S ignal off icer.USV. ,
Disbursing Officer.

I have the honor to acknowl edge the receipt
of your letter of June 6th, and would request that you ship the
instruments to me whenever they are readr/, aid on Mr. Logue 's
return from the west I shall be glad to oee him.

return?

Will you kindly advise me when he wi 11 probably

fully,

Captain, Signal Corps, U.S.V.,

Orange, IT. ,T. , .Tune 3.1, 1900.

The Bradstreet Oo. ,

;,I beg to advise; you t ha£. the Edison Manufacturing Oo., here¬
tofore owned hy Mr. Thomas A. Edison, was organised \mder the laws of
the State, .of New Jersey wi’jth, a capital of. $500, 000 under date, of May.
8th, 1900

The .Off icers of the Oompany are: . . /...j

.***•• President,. , • Thomfts A. Edison . ,-1-4

Vioe Pros.' fc'Gen. JJgr. , V. E. Gilmore
*» Secretary ,& Treasurer, • .T. P. Randolph. .

Disregarding the capital v'stook entirely, I hog to give you. below
a statement of the assets jand liabilities as shown by the books May. 8th,

*.7* , • • : , ASSETS. • .

Oashi.and Aooounts and Notes Receivable. <.§61 , 448 .18
Real Estate Investments and Buildings, 29,880.97
MRterialB— raw, finished and in process

of manufacture, > 37^484.74

• • :***;* •• -• • Total \ •

EIABtri'TiES. - , >

Aooounts Payable .. --< §87,518.67

Mortgage on Real : Estate 9.000.00

■ • r.i.-v. • Total, • : - - - —

>, Total Assets 070^. liabilities,

(2)

Type "Q"Cell,

The JVradstreet Co.

6/n/xood.

All the oapital stock has boon issued to Mr. Thomas A. Edison
and oovers good-will and all right, title and interest in and to the
business of the old Company, together with certain patents and patent
riehtB.

Yours Tory t ruly,

tog/iw ...

...'..vice Pres. & General Manager.

'RECEIVED'!

dUN,-l.;H»OU i

^^•rrs; 1

Chicago, June 11th, 1900.

Mr. W. E. Gilmore,

Gen . Mgr. Edison Mfg. Co.,

Orange, N.J.

Dear Sir:-

On my return to Chicago I find your letter of June
6th in reference to the Signal Corps ordering the Phonoplex
instrument.

I attach a copy of my letter to Capt. Heb^r. 1 do not
think there is any doubt about my going baok^thcf latter part of
June.

The enclosed note from Mr. Barclay will tell you thj
Phonoplex circuit between Seattle and Victoria will not\l
needed. There is quite a lot of stuff out there and I wi]
arrange with Barclay to let it remain until I oan see you.V

Referring again to Phonoplex in the Philippines, I this
it would be a good idea if you would write Capt. Reber and s
him impossible for a diagram of the wires that they expect t(>
equip with the Phonoplex. This information we should have so
we will know what to send, that is, if there is any extra condensers
needed. As I understand from your letter, the price quoted is
only for the terminal instruments. It will be too bad to have
th6^ stuff go there short anything. Of course I aannot go. When
I lalkVd' with Col. Allen in Washington he knew very little about

W'.E.S. -2-

the Phonoplex.

The following is list of instruments that it will be
necessary to send for two terminal offices:

'Phones. ^ y
Transmitters.

Magnetic Coils. S
Choke Coils. vC
Rheostates. /

Keys .

Horns. ^

2.5 M.P. Condensers^

1.5 * " " /

R. Cells of battery complete
R. Renewals. S

This covers all that you agreed to furnish in your

I go back to Indiana to-night.

[ENCLOSURE]

If ours

Orange, N. J., .Tune ISt.h, 1900.

Samuel Reber, Esq.,

Captain Signal Corps, IT. S. V. Signal Officers,

Governor's Island,

New York City.

Rear Sir:-

Wil;h further reference to the Phonoplex outfits for use in the
Phillipino Islands, would it be possible for you to furni sh ua with a
diagram of the circuit which is to be equipped with these instruments?
Also can you give us the approximate length of same and advise us if
there is to be any intermediate offices?

You understand of course that only sufficient instruments have been
ordered to equip two terminal offices. In the event of there being any
intermediate Morse offices in the circuit it will be necessary to supply
an additional condenser for each office to bridge the circuit .

As our Mr. Logite has already advised you, he will return East, about,
July 1st, and will then take the matter up with you personally.

However, we should like to have in our hands if possible before that date,
all of the available data concerning the proposed oircuit so that, we may

ITo. P.t !5. R.

have the instruments in readiness and prevent any unnecessary delay.

Yours very truly.

fie nor al Manager .

Signal Officer,

IfMfi:#. gjepi’tmjeit

®f ill tent,

OFFICE OF THE SIGNAL OFFICER,

I have the honor to request that the Phonoplox
instruments, recently ordered, he shipped here as soon as practica¬
ble, as it is- desired by the Chief Signal Officer to have them
tested and shipped to the Philippines with the lest possible delay.

Very respectfully, — .

Captain, Signal corps, tf. S. V,’,
Signal Officer..

« * 6/27/1900. ‘ ^

Kane, Morse:

We will receive a Government order for two terminal sets
of Phonoplex Instruments as follows:

2 phones
2 transmitters
2 rheostats
2 keys

2 magnetic colls
„ 2 choke coils

2 horns

2 2-1/2 M. 7. Condensers

2 1-1/2 H. 7. «

The condensers are in stock. Please hare them tested mid set- aside

ready for Mr. Toj

will inspect themwhen ho returns from the West.

Orange, 17. J., (June 3?>th, 1900. \

Samuel Reber, Eaq.^

Capt . Signal Girards, 0. S. V.,

Signal Officer,

Governor* a Island, H. Y. City.

Dear Sir:-

v?e beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of Jane ?.3d respect¬
ing the plionoplex instruments recently ordered.

Owing to the fact !bh{>.t this is the initial order received from the
Government for phonoplex outfits, and also taking into consideration the
fact that they are to b'd' exported to the Phillipine Islands, we deem it
advisable to have our ijjrv Rogue personally examine the outfits and approve
of then before shipmoJ$! ■

7/e have to-day received a telegram from Mr. Rogue advising that he
will be with us Monday morning . He will arrange to call upon you without
delay t in fact he iff coriing East at this time especially to look after
this order. All of the, -instruments, and the battery material also, are
now ready and we will taalce shipment Just as soon as the inspection has
taken placo. At; the present moment we know ef no reason why the entire

order cannot be pieced Vin'.your hands during the owning week.

This we trust will be entirely satisfactory to you, and beg to remain,

/'■ i Yours very truly, ...

1 mirm iwwAanmim go.

PJ3R

JEGsTF

EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

W. E. Gilmore, General Manager,
Orarge, N.J.

Deal* Rir:-

July 18th, 1900.

i h-lJeiveo^

JUL-sa-jsoo j

Acknowledging receipt of yours of the 12th inst. addressed to
C. A. Tinker, Gen.Supt. of this Company, I beg to say that the proposi¬
tion therein contained as to royalty on Edison Phonoplex System of Tele¬
graphy, to take effect as of July 1st, 1900, is hereby accepted, the
rates therein named to be substituted for the rates specified in the
contract of January 17th, 1898, between the Western Union Telegraph Com¬
pany of the first part, and Thos. A. Edison of Llewellyn Park, N.J. , of’
the second part.

Truly yours.

President.

1900. Exhibitions (D-00-12)

This folder contains correspondence concerning industrial and
electrical expositions in Paris (1900) and in Buffalo, New York (1901).

All of the documents have been selected.

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, New Jersey,

Dear Sir:

I am pleased to inform you that the Certificate of Ad¬
mission number for your exhibit is 29250. This number, you .under¬
stand, is to appear on all shipping labels that are attached to
cases containing different parts of your exhibit. Kindly take
particular pains to have the numerals plainly marked on these
labels before the same are attached to cases, and greatly oblige.
Very truly yours,

Director of Machinery & Electricity.

2r lubii-o /) 1

Orange, New Jersey,

1<U^

The Patent Office is preparing an exhibit fgr^ftie Fan-
American Exposition to be opened at Buffalo abfyftApril Jtefttjn' 3,901,
and since it is desirable to convey to the pubXilc the^importanceS
of our patent system, the latest advances in the arts and sciences
should be illustrated.

Recognizing the great strides that have been taken by
you, and the interest the public have manifested in models of your
patents at past expositions, I write to ask if you would be willing
to furnish an exhibit relating to such inventions, as would in
your opinion, be of general interest.

Should you be willing to oblige the office in this re¬
spect, such exhibit would be accepted with the understanding of
course, that it be preserved intact, and returned to you, if de¬
sired, in good condition after the exposition shall have closed.

Very respectfully.

Commissioner.

Department of tbe Interior,

Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orangey New Jersey,

Dear Sir:-

I regret to learn through your letter of the 14th inst. ,
that it will be inconvenient for you to make an exhibit in connec¬
tion with this office at Buffalo next year. Owing to the inter¬
est. the public manifested in youn/patents, as before stated, X
had hoped you would be able to /show working models of such of your
inventions as would constitute an attractive exhibit among the many
other fine displays I expert to be furnished by other inventors.

i slymld favorably reconsider this matter, I
will be gl^d to reservp the necessary space.

I am, very respectfully.

Commissioner.

Orange, Hew Jersey.

Dear Sir:

In reference to yar award and those recently made to
some of y®r competitors, I have just' been discussing the sub¬
ject with your Mr. Kaiser and desire to confirm, by this means,
my conversation, by stating that during the operation of the
class and group juries it was decided that all phonographs
should be examined by the jury of class Z6:, under which class
your award was granted. ■

It appears that since the adjournment of the class
and group juries one of your competitors has taken an appeal
to the Superior Jury and a delegation thereof, asking for an
award in Class 15 "Musical Instruments" and has secured, in -
collectivity, a Grand Prix in connectimwith an allied company.

In my opinion neither one of these two concerns could
have secured a grand prix in either class had they stood alone,
and besides which I assume that considerable local influence' has
been brought to bear upon the delegation of the superior jury,
(which is composed of four Preach members to one foreigner) to - ;
have the award made in the grade of grand prix.

Mr. Thomas A Edison -2-

No doubt it is all perfectly regular but it appears
strange that if could be possible for the same class of instru-
ments to be judged by two different juries or delegations of th
jury. X am sorry to report this situation but we have done all
we could to prevent it.

Yours very truly,

Director cf.wachinery & Electricity

1900. Mining - General (D-00-13)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mining and ore milling. Included are letters from the North American
Transportation & Trading Co., in which Edison invested, and an accompanying
series of notes by Edison regarding gold mining in Nome, Alaska. Also
included is a series of letters and reports by geologist Martin Schwerin, who
was hired by Edison to prospect for ores in northern Michigan.

Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been selected. Among
the documents not selected are letters enclosing ore samples for analysis,
requests for information about ore processing, and price quotes relative to
drilling through limestone.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.
WASHINGTON.

January 4, 1900.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Edison's Laboratory,

Orange, N. J.

My dear sir:

On November 21, 1899, Mr. George Chittenden sent you by
express a sack of iron gold ore, shipped from Florence, Arizona,
to your laboratory at Orange. Will you please advise me by
return mail if this sack has come to hand, and if so the result
of your examination of the same. Ypu will please recall that
your report to me on the first sample sent you was satisfactory \
and you requested ithdtyaularger sample be sent you, and it was
in compliance with your request that the sample was sent from
Florence in November. The sample 1 believo weighed between
35 and 4q pounds.

Yours very truly.

Address;

Major Eugene Fechet,

War Department, Signal Office,
Washington, D.C.

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The Colorado Midland Railway Co.

Denver, Colorado,, .February^

My dear Edison:-

You understand the reasoil1 I have not answered your letter
of January 26th has been on account of my absence in the East.

f ' \

as on I

I have thought it best to give your questions and the answers
on a separate sheet. These answers you will understand are not made up
by myself, because 1 am not an expert in the business; but they have been
taken in hand by the gentleman who has been interested with me through¬
out the whole correspondence, and who is personally familiar with the
leadville situation and the zinc question in general. Therefore, you
will see they they are as reliable as it is possible to make them.

I have not given you the analysis of the coal, because we can
get any quality you would. require. Of course, the coal varies in
different sections of the State, but this is a matter which can very
easily be settled if it is necessary to have special coal.

Referring to the conversation I had with you in Milan as regards
your wanting some of the poorest quality of ore. We will arrange to send
you some next week from J.eadville by express. We will send you four
sacks, which will equal about the barrel you refer to. This ore will be
taken from different localities, so you may know the general run. We will
see that the sacks are marked, and if, in making your tests, you will
keep record according to the marks, we will then be able to locate mines
from which the ore is taken. X have specially fisked that the poorest
samples be selected, as you request.

If there is anything further you desire, do not hesitate to
call on me, and I will procure it for you.

I might add that there is a great deal of interest being taken
by the mine owners at Leadville, and from information I have been able
to get, a great deal of money is being expended in making tests for the
treatment of this zinc ore, so if you can expedite the matter, it will be
of great advantage and practically control the situation.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, New Jersey.

[ENCLOSURE]

Purchase raw ore

Yes, or acquire by lease or purchase a right to mine the ore.

Crush to proper size separate lead and iron pyrities as clean
as possible, sell to local smelter.

Yes .

Reeoncentrate zinc iron to raise zinc and diminish iron below
say 6 per cent and strip zinc to and iron to

local smelters.

Yes, and to ship the zinc concentrates to Joplin, Mo., Pitts¬
burg, Kansas, St. Louis, Mo., Mineral Point, Wis., Swansea,
Wales and Belgium. To the last two^pamed points via ships
from Galveston, and as the concentrates are now going from
Leadville via that route. The iron and lead from this ore

to be shipped to local smelters.

What will be average assay (approximately) of the ores bought
up to 1000 tons daily.

Average assay approximately of the ores brought up to 1,000
tons daily for rave ore coming from mines:

6 ®fco 15 oz. silver
5/100 to 15/100 gold
7% to 15% lead

10% to 18% ' iron

18.5 to 37% zinc

The metallic contents in the ore changes as found in different
mines in Leadville and other points in Colorado, also in the
state of Utah.

Is there a large supply. How many years could mill be supplied
at this rate.

Yes. 500 to 1,000 tons per day for many years to come. Pour
mines at Leadville have about 100,000 tons of this character of
ore in sight, and development of these mines will show still
larger tonnage, and about 115,000 tons of tailings similar to
samples sent you can be had by purchase or lease, most probably
by lease.

If not to be purchased, is it intention to acquire right to
min^.

Both by purchase and by right to mine by lease or purchase of
the mines.

Are samples sent me average quality or richer than usual.

The sample of tailings sent you is the average as to tonnage
referred to in query Mo. 6. The sample of crude ore sent is
some higher in zinc and very much lower in iron and silica than
the average of the ore that is now and can be produced at
. Leadville.

frffey*rTrw Is there_no_obj actions to fine concentrates by the
smelters or zinc men,’ or do 'they brick them. 7 Suppose I should
want to crush finer than tailings sent me, is there objection.?

No objections to the smelters as to fine concentrates. The
works at Belgium made slight objections to the fineness of the
zinc concentrates when shipments first started, but have not
Objected since. Understand these zinc concentrates they are
getting from Leadville are crushed under stamps and run in
fineness to 60 mesh and upwards. Therefore no objections if
desired to crush finer than the tailings sent you. _

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If they brick them would it be an advantage to us in selling or
widening the market by briquetting ourselves ourselves.

No advantage in bricking the zinc concentrates under present
conditions.

Are all sources of supply of this ore at Leadville.

75 per cent, of the supply of this ore at Leadville; the
remainder at Aspen, Georgetown and Gilpin County, Colorado,
and large quantities in Utah.

What is price of soft coal at Leadville and what is assay of
coal.

The price of soft coal at Leadville $3.00 to $6.00 per ton, as
to quality. It would hardly be advisable to construct works
at Leadville, owing to labor and coal and other supplies being
so much higher there than at the Valley. Colorado City or
Denver would be much more desirable location for the mill for
this reason, and in addition a much better price can be
obtained for the lead and iron from the smelters in the Valley
than at Leadville.

If I can show in a small plant a practical solution of the
problem, could capital be raised in Denver.

Positively yes.

My machinery is rather too large for 1000 tons daily. The
investment would not be increased very much if the output of
the mill was increased to 2000 tons daily.

It would hardly be advisable to start with a mikl of larger
capacity than 500 to 1,000 tons per day. While there would
always be an active demand for the iron and lead by the Colorado
smelters for fluxing their sllicious ores, any great increase
over this tonnage would have a tendency to reduce the price of
spelter. Of course, additional capacity could be added to
the mill as the demands of the trade both in this country and
Europe require. It is conclusive, and I get my information
from the zinc ore buyers who come from Swansea and Belgium,
the zinc mines of Spain and England are fast becoming exhausted.

Please write me more fully as to prices. I want to get at the
margin for working to see how much there is in it.

The crude ore sameas sample sefat you is now being delivered
on board cars and to mills at Leadville for concentration at
price of $4.50 to $5.00 per ton of 2,000 lbs. The regular
tariff rate from Leadville to Denver or Pueblo is $2.25 per
ton, but a rate of $1.50 per ton could possibly be secured from
Leadville to Colorado City.

The Colorado Midland Railway Co.(

Denver, Colorado, February 17, 1900.

My dear Edison s-

With this I enclose Wells Fargo & Company’s receipt
for three sacks of zinc ore shipped from Leadville on February 14th,
on which there should not be any charges.

This is said to be the poorest ore which can be procured;
weight about 250 pounds, and the party procuring same advises me samples
contain ore where iron sulphide is about equal to zinc.

Mr. Thos. A. Edison,

Mr. liaison.

Mr. Dick just telephoned out and said that a $ood

friend of hie, on hie way to Canada, met a man by the name of
Louie G. Rowand from Newark, who claims that he wae once in
partners with you or worked' for you. He claims to have a separa¬
tor for rrold and all kinds of minerals, which he claims work's
about the same as yours and has them in operation all over the
world. He calls it the Whitheral separator. His place is corner
of Clover & Ferguson Street, Newark and lives in «aef Orange. Mr.

t0^0W lf y0u know anJrthln'l about him so he can tele¬
graph to his friend* /? , , t

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CUOAHY, PrRsiifanr. W. H. ISOM. V,co Preai.ta.il.

Mr. T. A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

In accordance with the request of Mr. H. E. Dick, I
should esteem it as a great favor if you would kindly advise us by
return mail just what samples you desire to come down on the first
boat from Alaskan waters during the coming season, and oblige,

Yours truly,

NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION .& TRADING CO.

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Chicago, April 26, 1900.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, H. J.

Dear Sir;

On April 9 we mailed you certificates of stock of this company by registered
mail. We have received a receipt bearing date of April 13 signed by yourself per
J. E. Boehme, but have heard nothing further, and as we do not know who Mr. 3oehme is,
thought best to call your attention to the matter.

Yours truly,

NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION & TRADING CO.

Vice-President.

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The Electric Smelting and Aluminum Co.

ALFRED H. COWLES. Pr

CHAS. W. CHASE, Se
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Edison Magnetic Separator/ Co . ,
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CLEVELAND, O., yay 1st., J90 0.

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gangue, pyrites and galena. C~~~^

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netite.

I am President of a mining company having an immense body of this
ore exposed, and by first treating it to magnetic separation itB pro¬
ducts would become available as marketable products to the various Kino
and copper smelters.

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as the New Jersey zinc Co. in whioh company ^ ; combined many of the
largo zinc plants of the country. Therefore X am desirous to learn as
to whether or not we would be dependent upon them to secure a magnetio
separator that would efficiently do our work.

Very truly yours.

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MICHAEL CUDAHY, Prmitol. W. H. ISOM. Vico Prealdnnl.

Cudahy: This has remained unanswered owing to Mr. Cudahy's absence

from the City. His understanding was that one of the Certificates
for 500 shares was to be turned over to a party whom either you or
Mr. Dick had made arrangements with, to take same, and we were not
to know his name. You will remember sending Mr. Dick a dispatch
advising that a certain party was ready to take 500 shares, and in
a conversation with Mr. Dick before he left, the writer was given
to understand that this same party desired an additional 500, or
1000 shares in all.

.dent?

Yours truly,

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1900. Mining - Ortiz Mine (D-00-14)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's dry placer process for the extraction of gold ore. Most of the items are
letters to Edison from his brother-in-law, John V. Miller, and from Cloyd M.
Chapman, who went to the Ortiz Mine in Dolores, New Mexico, to prospect and
to supervise the construction of an experimental ore processing mill. An
undated report, probably from late December, gives an overview of activities
at the Ortiz Mine during 1900.

Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been selected. Most of
the documents not selected are ore assay tables, unsolicited inquires regarding
the dry placer process, or brief agreements made between the Galisteo Co.,
which constructed the mill, and the men hired to sink mine shafts.

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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, II. J.

Do ar Mr . E di soii ,

Upon our arrival here on Feb. 9th. we found
things very different from what we had expectod. Sot only
was the building not under way but the grading for it was
far from finished. The lumber Jhag only partly been delivered
on account of a fire at the saw-mill. The. carpenters were
here ■ and were framing the timbers as they arrived

Mr.. Burn had first selected and cleared a site on
a fairly level spot on the summit of the mesa where very lit¬
tle grading would have been necessary, but, after a reconsid¬
eration, changed the location to one less exposed to the wind
more convenient to the proposed shafts and offering excellent
dumping facilities. It is at the head of a deer, arroyo near
the head of the mesa and extends into the bank {gravel and
bed rock( some forty feet. The accompanying blue print shows
this quite plainly.

The condition of the site was so unsuitable for the
erection of the plant on account of its small size and unev-
ennessthat we found it necessary to do a considerable blast¬
ing in the bled rook. This occupied some ten days. The site in
its present [state we consider quite satisfactory.

Dpon the arrival of the sills and floor-beams the e-
reotion of the building was at once begun Feb. 26th. and has pro¬
gressed rapidly and satisfactorily as the accompanying prints
taken weekly will show. We expect the building .to be entirely
finished by the end of the month.

Machinery .

.Our oar from Orange arrived on Feb. J2th. in very good
condition. One pulley only was broken and that in hauling .from
Cemllos to Colores. This has already been replaced from Al¬
buquerque. The boiler and engine were here and in good condi¬
tion upon our arrival and the engine was yesterday placed up¬
on its foundation in the building. The generator arrived all
right and will bo in place as soon as the engine room is ready.

As soon as possible after our arrival we sent out for
bids on well seasoned lumber for our interior work. Owing to the
great demand for lumber no dealers nearer here than Denver keep
a stock long enough to allow it to become well seasoned. They
could furnish us only green, freshly sawed lumber. After con¬
siderable correspondence and calling personnally unon the deal¬
ers in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and finally Denver
we obtained satisfactory stock, partly from Denver and partly
from Santa Fe . The cost was about $17.60 at the. yards. The ship¬
ment from Santa Fe has arrived and that from Denver is on the
way and due .

As soon as Smith, our carpenter from Orange., can be
spired from working on the building he will at once begin on

interior apparatus, which will be this week.

The screens are being nut on -the frames and will be ready
in ample 'time.

e found here a rotary roastor or dryer which we are getting •
repaired and into shape for drying .our gravel. We believe.it will
do the work very well. — *

Mr.. Burn had a very convenient assay office built and
ready for us on our arrival aiid.it is now fitted up with scales
etc; ready for use.

Miscellaneous ....

Mr. Burn has sunk two rows of shaft* across the head
of the .mesa near the mill site about one-hundreh feet apart.

As soon as we are in working ordor complete data concerning .these
and all shafts will be forwarded to you. We would like little .
more . detailed instructions concerning the number of shafts, their
distribution, and the area of mesa to be covered.

Water is very scarce except during the rainy season,
of July and August. The only stream within fifteen or twenty
miles that has water the year around is the Galisteo River but
even it at this time of the year disappears entirely in the sand
in. places. It is some six miles from the head of the mesa anH
about a thousand feet below.

There is a good spring here in Dolores which will fur¬
nish us with water for the experimental plant.

We : have a site selected for a weir in the Galisteo Riv¬
er at a dyke so that we believe we can obtain correct measure¬
ment of all the water as here doubtless all the water comes. to
the .surface .

We are very much pleased with the accomodations pre¬
pared for us by Mr. Burn and think you did not overdraw the de-

lightful climate of this section. But the
you lead us to expect are scarcer than th
poorer quality.

Very

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charming senoritas
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Mr. Thonias A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Dolores, N . M. Apr. IS,

Dear Mr. Edison :-

Continuing our report of March 20th:-
The building was completed on Monday, ‘Apr . 9th. and we at
once took all the carpenters, including the contractor, making nine
in all, upon the interior work.

The storage bins are practically completed, also the frame¬
work of the belt conveyor, and the two large thirty ton bins are
entirely finished. The framework of the screening apparatus is up
and that for the elevators is being -raised today. The separator we
do not propose to open up or erect until the carpenter work is. com¬
pleted in orfler to keep it as secret as possible. The line shafting is
is being strung and the engine, boiler and generator are in position

and in working order and furnishing light for the carpenters to work
evenings, 6:20 to 9:20. The screens are about completed and the
buckets are all on the elevator belts.

fe exnect all the construction work to be completed in three
weefs when we shall be read}' to make preliminary runs.

A question has arisen between Mr. Furn and ourselves re¬
garding -the employment, management and pay of the men at work for us :
in the mill. He thinks it his duty to attend to these matters him¬
self and this would be sitisfactory to us if it were not for the
fact that we have lost one man and would have lost four more that

would have been hard to replace, if we had not taken the matter into
our own hands'. Three carpenters would have quit this morning and car-
are very hard to get as there is a great demand for then. Our machine'**
also quit work but we induced him to go. to work again.

We would very much like to have our position defined as Mr.

Hoyt expects to be here this month and Mr. Burn will probably bring •
the matter up while he is here. We would suggest that you write out
a statement giving us complete authority in reference to all mat¬
ters pertaining to the engineering part of the opperations here
subject to you and to the approval only of Mr. Burn 'as agent of
the Company.

Hoping that the work here is progressing to your satisfac¬
tion and that we shall soon hear frqm you, we remain,

Yours truly,

6 ,M, - Pru /•%.

Thomas A.Edison,Esq.

New York,K.Y.

Denver, Colo .Kay 2,1900.

I understand you have a plant in New Mexico, on the Ortiz

grapt,to work dry placers. Would you please inf on

i if it is a success and

if. so on what terms it could he secured to work such placers in old Mexico,
and what a plant of 10,000 cubic yafids daily capacity would cost f/o/b/at
factory, and also what you consider the average cost ofrworking the gravel
per cubic yard to be.

Yours very respectfully,

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June 27, 1900

GALISTPO COMPANY,

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Dear Sirs:- Will you please Jkave Mr. Rogers punch for us fifty

more of the seven thousandths screens of two thousandths brass and also
fifty of the nine thousandths screens of three thousandths brass and
ship them as soon as finished by express to Salisteo Go. Cerrillos, N .1,1.
We hope' that these can be made at once and forwarded. .

best to everybody at the Lab
?s very truly,

GALISTEO CO.

Mr. Burn, Mr. Miller and myself send <

Since our Iasi report of April 16th the construc¬
tion wort in the mill has been entirely completed and on the 7th inst.
a short preliminary test of the screens and separator was made.

Mr. Hoyt was present at the tests and seemed much pleased with the
results .

tfe are now building the dryer house for the rotary dryer which we
found on the grant and which we have tested and think will meet the
requirements of the plant. The finishing -touches are also

being .put on the entire, plant-- covering the bearings, with canvas -
putting in shelving &a - and by the first of next week wc expect to
begin regular running..

Our first run was very pleasing to us. The belt conveyor worked
as well as one could ■wish. The elevators delivered clean and without
loss. The screening was almost perfect, r.o leakage, or clogging of the
screens or chutes. The dust was very much less than was expected. ..

Ac soon as Regular running -begins we will make preliminary trials
with material taken from the excavation for the mill to ascertain the
proper adjustments as to rates of feed and proportions of coarse and fin®,
for the different sizes of screens.

On account of the continual breakin^up of the gravel and the. produc¬
tion of fines and dust during screening .and to save wear on the thin
brass screens we have. decided to try to change, the order of screening .
and uake the large. . sizes out first.

The cone friction pulleys for the regulation of the speed of the
separator fan work very satisfactorily. ■

“In spite of all the precautions taken we can not prevent the work-

Dolores, N . M. June:6, 1900

Mr. T. A. Kdioon , .

Orange., H.J.

Dear Mr. Edison ;-

iiince our last report of May 9th. vie • have been carry¬
ing on experiments relative to rates of feed and clogging of screens.
i±a the coarse material available here is much larger than that we had
in Orange. v,e . immediately found it possible to increase, the rate of fee-
over the screens and still beep them clean. Accordingly we have carrie
on quite extensive experiments in this line occupying the first two
weeks since our last report anD feel quite certain that it will be
practical to at least double the Maximum rate we had at the. Lab. name¬
ly, one ten, half coarse and half fine, per Screen per hour.

The results of these experimentsjalthough showing great improve¬
ment, were not satisfactory owing .to the uneven distribution of coarse
and fine over the roller feed due to the conning of the material in
the hopper. Vie must confess tint for some . unknown reason vie neglected
to make any provision to. prevent this. Ve immediately set t^v.-cr!. on
the problem undjfound it very hard to solve. Our roller;.. feed extends
over four banks of screens so that the outer banks received west, of
the coarse while the inner ones received the fines. After about two
weeks of experimenting wo have finally obtained an arrangement which
is fairly satisfactory but which vie hone to improve whenever we have
the opportunity during regular running.. We are at present putting .in
this distributing apparatus or arrangement throughout the screening :
apparatus andvdll start again this afternoon on experiments,.

Just when the bo experiments wi 1 he finished v.o are unable to stats
definitely but tie we have had the experience . of the other tests v.o thin],
that it wi.l only occupy u few days.

Wo v.eie intending to welt until these experiments were completed be¬
fore sen ding another report but as they arc .occupying «o much time v.o
send this today.

All these experiments have been carried on with material from the/fcx-
cavation for •a ho mill and v.o intend us in g this material throughout all
the preliminary runs and tests a: there, is a largo, amount of it •which
must be removed from its present position. I'c do not intend using any
material from the shafts until every thing is in perfect order so tins
•chert will be no loss of material or wor!. when the actual tests begin.

In regard to construction wor!-. we have lately completed tie dryer-
house- tuida roofing over the runway which wo find necessary owing to
the frequent rains, The runway, you know, is used for the carting .of
uhs fines pc. 'chc e mge age. bins and vs lit sized material to the separator
apparatus.

In regard to the . screening of the- gpavel at the . shafts before- it is
carted to the mill v.o have decided to hand pic!: all coarse material
down to three inch, tlnu pass remainder over 1" screen, the screenin'^,
of this cjor 1 /8th • screen for material to be taken to the mill, the
tailings over a two inch screen, which will give us four sizes- 3" to Z"
2" to 1", 1" to 1/3", and mill size. The material between 1" and 1/8"
we shall pass over 3/15" and 3/8" screens to obtain coarse .material
for use with the fines in the screening apparatus whenever necessary.

The two large screens are now being .cut out of ;'/18 sheet iron the other
screens wo have obtained from Frazei and Chalmers.

Mr.3um has been working on the map for two wo^.’.s past. He has laid
it out in 500ft. squares, located the mill, the new shafts and a part

. Bplores, N . M'.; June 19, 1900

Mr. T. A. Edison,

Qrange., N.

Bear Mr'. Edisorij-

We have completed the experiments relative
to rates of feed and proportion of. coarse and fine and have detef.*
mined on 50 to 60. per-cent of coarse, running at the rate of two tons
per screen per hour, which is double, the rate we had at the labora-i
tory. We are at present making .two series of runs- passing .the mat¬
erial over the fine screens first, .00? and up, and over the large.,
screens first, .119 and down. We shall take. four sizes from each
run and pass through the separator and make an accurate determination
of the efficiency of both methods, from' present indications the method
of using the o oarse screens first seems to be the better because all
material breaking up in the screening .remains and comes out with its
proper size- and thus we prevent the accumulations of fines in the
larger sizes.

We have been using a quarter in4h*for getting out mill size.. The
material between this and our largest screen in the mill,.. 119, a~
mounting to about 5001bs. we. have panned but found no pieces of gold
of that size, which leads us to think that, perhaps there will be no
need of such coar"3e screens' and that the gold is all under thi3 3ize .

We held back the map of the mesa in orderto make ^ome additions,
as the.. extention of the arroyos and the location of some of the old
shafts. This work has been completed and as soon' as Mr. Burn makes
a tracing and blue print we

shall

id it

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PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.

Messrs. Miller & Chapman,
Dolores, Hew Mexico.
Dear Sirs:

2» 190 °.-y/

ITever mind the Weir at Galisteo River hut make approximate
measurements this Summer. How about the other little streams
around the vicinity of Mesa.

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ox speed ox the fan necessitated getting a smaller, pulley, which has
delayed the running of the smaller sizes of gravel. This pulley
arrived today and a run was made on the "under .007” gravel, the results
of which have .not yet been assayed.

Upon making the .runs with the separator mentioned in our report of
July 10th to determine hue more .efficient methodjof screening .it became
evident by the high, percentage, of gold saved — over 99%- and the low per¬

centage. of concentrate - about 3/4% - that we could increase the
between the different sizes. Vfe screened out 3ome gravel doub!

the range ox sizes by omitting alternate screens and have made a i
of runs with the separator of the larger sizes of gravel. The
sizes have not been, put through the separator because we could no
slow enough speed of fan as -«e explained above. The. results of t
runs are quite encouraging but wc believe.it is still possible- to

prove them.

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following are ■

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range

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194-80

43.7

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197.15

1.975

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Messrs. Miller & Chapman,

Dolores, Mew Mexico.

Dear Sirs:

Your favor of the 1st inst. came duly to hand, and in
reply X heg to state that I would like very much to have you send '
me ten or fifteen pounds of experimental concentrates from mill
site to try on separator.

Dear Mi'. Edison

Your letter of Aug. 10th. requesting a sample of
concentrate was received yesterday and today we ship you by express
about 181bs. of the same, the data for which i3 as follows:-
Material from mill excavation
Size of material . .015 to .029

Amount of material separated . 20001bs.

Weight of concentrate . . . . 17.81bs.

Cone, in ^material separated . 91fc

Rate ox material through separator 3700lbs.

We made a run immediately after the run, the concentrate of which
vis send you, under the same conditions the results of which we shall
send you as soon as we work them up.

Since our last report of A.ug.. 1st. we have still further increased
the range, of the sizes of screening,, dividing the gravel into five

Under .007,' .007 to .015, .015 to .029, .029 to .059, .059 to .119
The results of this system of sizing are fairly satisfactory but the
value of the concentrate, per ton, we think, can be increasedby lower¬
ing the percent of the concentrate and still have a high percentage,
of saving.. On another sheet we have tabulated the results of runs
made since our last reportand upon material screened according to

last

above method, 'as you will see by referring, .to the column Size . of Mat¬
erial. In our last report a mistake was made in. giving .the value of
concentrate, per ton for .018 to .029 material which should be $19.48
instead of $194.80. j V

We are' uncertain as to how far wo should carry these experiments
or rather how far it is best to do so, in regard to increasing range,
of size^- percent of saving of gold,, and percent of and value of con¬
centrate. We should like very much to" have your opinion and soma in¬
structions in the matter.

Yesterday we started work on one of the shafts Mr. Burn sank be¬
fore we arrived and which is near:.the mill. As the material from this
was dumped on the ground an.d more or less mixed with surface material
and dumps of old workings, the data for the same will not be very ac¬
curate. Mr. Burn sank two rows of shafts in this locality quite close
together and accordingly we thought it best to start with one of those
making a. complete run, somewhat preliminary, the data for which might
be chocked by that of another shaft close by, if the run should be
unsatisfactory or incomplete for any reason.

Yours truly,

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Messrs. Miller & Chapman,

Dolores, New Mexico.

Dear Sirs:

Report of August 16th received.

1st. If we get 90^ saving of original gravel, it will answer,
providing-^we simplify' and cheapen the milling process.

2nd. Mr. Hoyt has written me that the annual meeting of the»
Company will soon take place, and that he wants me to make a report
to submit to the stockholders.

3rd. I think you should now go ahead with the best arrangement
you have, and run the gravel from the pits through as first
comtemplated. Any further experiments necessary can be made after
you are through with all the test pits.

4th. I do not find in your table of results, the column showing
the weight of the original material from the mine from which you
screened the stuff passing through the mill.

5th. You have one column marked, "Value of this size gravel per
ton" as this dont average over 30 cents per ton, and is only the
finer part taken from a large quantity, the original gravel must
have been very poor stuff; or do you mean by this column that its
the original gravel boulders and all.

#2 M & C .

6th. In none of your reports have I been able to even guess at
the value per ton of the gravel as a whole.

7th. Please send results of each hole as you finish it; and arrange
your colums not in percentages, hut in pounds; for instance
Weight of whole of material of pit.

Weight of material screened out going to mill.

Weight of each size.

Weight of Concentrate each size.

Weight of Concentrate after iron removed.

Value p'fer ton of final Concentrate.

■ Value of the Original material of the hole in ton at Cubic Yard.

Yours-,-.

Dolores, If .M. Sept. 15,1900.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

. Orange ,'N . J.

Dear Mr Edison Our work on the shafts since our last renort

of Aug. 16th has been considerably delayed on account ofraius. This
seems to have been the rainy season, about the first of September, tho '
the general opinion . is that it came somewhat late this year. It rained
so frequently for a week or ten days that screening of the gravel. .'at the
shafts was impossible.

We inclose a report on Shaft No. 3, the first one that we worked,
and would like to know whether.it in in a satisfactory form and if you
wish any additional data or any changes made. Unless we hear from yiou
soon we will conclude that it is satisfactory and have some blanks
printed. We would also like to know whether you have any objection
to our using the Metric System in giving the weights in our reports-.

We use it in our work here entirely and it would be very convenient to

e shafts are sunk to bed rook 4 1/g x 6 ft. in size. This gives
e cubic yard of gravel per foot of depth. The gravel is raised
umped on a platform where the stones over 4" are hand picker out.
einainder is then passed over a 2" , 1" , 1/2" square wire screen
1/8" slot screen successively. We use this order of screening; .

and dumped c
The remainde

and a 1/8" slot screen successively. We use this order of screenin
so that the gravel will go over as many screens as possible to clean
the atones and break up the lumps. These screens are so arranged

on platforms as to reduce the loss and mixing with surface material t>
minimum. The different sizes thus obtained, namely, over 1

12" to 4", 4"to 2", 2"to 1", l"to 1/2", l/2»to 1/8", and under 1/8",
weighed in loads of uniform weight, with the exception of the last si:
or mill size which is measured in boxes of known capacity. All size:
aTjove 1/2" are thrown aside after being -weighed. The size between

-2-

1/2" and 1/6" we find contains a large quantity of lumps which .era try a
considerable gold. Uu this account we save this size and. treat it as

explained below. The mill size after being measured is hauled to the

dry house in a specially made wagon box which is' perfectly tight.

After the shaft is finished we take its dimensions every three feet from
surface to bed rock and its average depth. From this data its cubic
contents is calculated. {f.

.(In working Shaft No.S instead of weighing the sizes larger than
mill size we attempted to measure them by volume. This v,e found to be
very inaccurate as it gave us a volume of material excavated a consider¬
able in excess of the actual volume of the shaft , as you will see in the
report.)

The mill size on reaching the dry house is stored in a bin until

there is a sufficient quantity to run the rotary dryer. After going

through the dryer it is weighed ana spread on the floor of the dry house
until the entire mill size of the shaft being worked is in the dry house
and ready for sizing.

The dry house is situated far enough above and back of the mill to
permit of the gravel being run by gravity down to the belt conveyor
which delivers it into the hopper feeding the screening apparatus , or
as we call them "sizers".

The gravel between 1/2" and 1/8" which contains quite a propor¬
tion of lumps as mentioned above is run over .119" screens until these j

lumps are broken up and the pebbles cleaned of adhering particles,
the screenings of this are added to the mill size. The portion that

does not break up comprises the 1/2" to 1/8" size.

The sizes of material are then screened out in the following order1
.119 to 1/8", .094 to .119, .074 to .094, .059 to .074, .029 to .059,
under .007, .007 to 1015, .015 to .029.

The rate of feeding the sizers is at present about one ton of the mill
size per hour per screen, with which is run about an equal amount of
coarse gravel. We use two sizes of coarse gravel, the larger,

sizing the gravel above
1/4" slot screen, in

-2-

between a 1/4" slot and 2/8" square screen :

.029 and a smaller, between a 1/4" square ar
sizing the remainder.

The sized gravel is weighed and the weight per cubic foot is deter¬
mined by measuring and weighing six cubic feet of each size. It is
then scored in numbered and labeled bins ready for separation.

As the sized gravel is run through the separator a sample of the
tailings. (about 4K > is taken by means of a 2" belt conveyor running
through the center of the machine. The total concentrate is saved
and the magnetite removed by means of a hand magnet.

, *n your original instructions, items 29 to 42 inclusive, you

suggest triplicate assays by fire of. nortions of the concentrate and
tailings sample. This we find to be impractical for the following .

reasons. The tailings contain so little gold that we could not

assay enough to get a button that could' be seen and handled. There are'
so few colors of gold in the entire sample of the tailings that a sample
could not be taken that might be depended upon .for fairness, it might
contain one of the colors and it might not. The concentrate contains

so few particles of gold in comparison with the total that accurate
samples can not be taken. We have tried dividing the concentrate
into two. parts but even these varied a considerably in the amount of
gold contained. For these reasons we are having panned the entire

concentrate and the entire tailings sample by Mr. Burn and a- Mexican
expert. This panning is done very carefully and the material is

panned a second time to make sure that no gold 'is- lost. If gold is
found in the second panning it is panned again. The concentrate from
these, pannings are assayed. Thus we virtually assay the entire con¬
centrate and about 4?.: of the total tailings..

This method prevents our saving any of the concentrate or tailings
sample as you instructed us to do. If, you want a part of the concen¬

trate and tailings saved ar.d sent to the laboratory we would like some
suggestion as to the method of obtaining samples.

We:have understood from Mr. Burn that there is some question as to the
number and location of the shafts that are to be sunk and we would like
definite instructions from you in the matter.

In the meantime via are sinking a shaft near the N. 'll. corner of lot
No. 50 , which is about midway between the lines of old Mexican workings
along Cunningham Arroyo and Arroyo Viejo. The gravel in this vicinity
has not been worked at all nor tested by Mr. Burn.

Accompanying each sheet of the shaft report is a sheet explaining .
the exact meaning of each item of the report.

Shaft #9 has been ran through
assayed. ■ .

Shaft # 13 has boon run throu
Shaft #10 has been sized -and
. Shafts #15 and #16 are being
Shaft ^#9 seems to be- much higher
will undoubtedly be: very low owi
summit of a ridge of bed-rock. T
you the results .

As Mr. Burn intends to have
the- Grant and as he- will have am
beat to continue the method of a
will gi.ve us the- results of the
latter we desire as we are still
separation. This will not delay
In your letter of Opt. 3 you :

ns with #3. We would

O iM ■ —

Messrs. Miller & Chapman,

Dolores,

New Mexico .

Dear Sirs:

About sampling the holes. Why cant you slice down from
top to bottom 6 or 8 inch square, take the whole and weigh, then
screen down and take one sample and assay it. What we are anxious
about here is to quickly learn the value of the gravel in pits
strung over the Mesa.

Yours very truly,

Dolores, . M. Oct. 15, 1:3c C.

Mr . T. A. Edison,

Orange, . T.

Dear Vr. Edison

Tho status of the work and the nrotcea u of the same
since our last resort is as follows: -

Shaft irO Has been assayod and thu rerort of it we send you today.

" Jrlo s&iafc assayed.

" irlO Has been Senaratod and is being, assayed.

" irl5 Sunk ten feet. Total depth 52 1/Eft.

" TrlS ounk fifteen and a half feet. Total depth 48ft •

Location near Lot 126 Started Oct. 11th. Dow: EC 1/Sft.
Rain has delayed Lho work considerably and on this account we can
send you only a partial sample- of. Shaft 15. Samples of the; other
shafts have .'been taken but are no wet that they must be dried before
weighing,.

1 Yours truly, J\

- '//ry/~9/i //rr.)r/r,

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■ tyfir tyf/ Oct. 18th, J/M’ 0.

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, N.J.

Dear Sir :

Your favor of the 15th inst. has been duly received and was
considered at a meeting of the Board of Directors held yesterday.

It is very hard for us to understand how Messrs. Miller and Chapman
can have arrived at such a low result.We think it ;orily right tell
you that the present shafts were sunk by Mr. Bufft under the instruct¬
ions which he understood came from you and that he says that Miller and
Chapman are not availing themselves of his knowledge of tftfr kesa.

We have spent a great deal of money on the property already and we do
not think we should spend any more unnpc»88ari'j.y, a^d wo fee$. that wa
must ask you to go out and see the property yourself, as we knb« that
in no other way can a result be arrived at tyfcioh will be satisfactory
to us. Prom the reports which have been shown to Us*w« understand
that you are satisfied with the wrking of the probes, and now the only
question is are we satisfied with the process and the property. All
the reportB which we have had sbpw ji&t the property Is valuable.

We have all seen the property and think that in vi#f of -fcfte large in¬
terest which you have in it you shop^d go out before w# go to any fur*
ther expense.

Burn says that the location of the new shafihis <ralgld4

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

the ar®h examined by him and Ou'trfty* of the aria Wfaiefii We shall prOba*
bly Work. The ptopeHy is ab ifergd that we fall sura tHht you will
never understand li th<5f*i><ighly until you Stave been there and examined
11 in person* We think jrttu should go WH ad soon as you con get away.
If 1r6U will tail ub when you 6 On go, some of u» Will arrange to go with
you, and we hope that It Will be ae sooh after Election as possible.

Yours very truly,

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Dolores, N. M. Oct. 24, 1900.

Mr. T. A. Edison,

Orange , il . . J .

Dear Mr. Edison s-
Since our last report.

Shaft IS Has been assayed and report we send you today.

" 10 Has been assayed and report we will send you tomorrow.

" 15 Sinking has been discontinued for the present. Sample has been

taken as far as worked. Total depth 521/2 ft. Part of this
shaft has been sized and separated.

" 16 Sunk twelve and a half feet. Total depth 60 ft. 71/2 inch.

Sampled as far as sunk.

" 17 Sunk thirty six and a half feet.. Total depth 57ft.

Sampled as far as sunk.

Weare now sinking the shafts entirely by contract work paying $1.55
per foot of depth, which includes the taking of the sample. Shaft#15
was sunk to it3 present depth by day labor. As this was so slow and ex- 'i
pensive and material was coming in sufficiently fast from the two con-: ■
tract shafts, we decided to discontinue working 15 for the present.

The method of taking samples as suggested. in your letter of recent
date is the one whiph we have been using .in taking samples of 15, 16,

17,- the results of which we send you today.

There seems to be considerable . dissatisfaction on the part of Mr.
Burn, and according to him, also Mr. Hoyt in regard to the condition
and manner of carrying on the work, principally the .locationand and.
working of shafts. We definitely located the limit of th4 workable area
with the advice of Mr. Burn, as previously reported, and we sank #17 '

well this limit, Burn now 0iaims that it is not within the

limit he advised*

Mr. Burn Baa been making complaints about , hie location of . the shafts
right along and in consequence we are. very uncertain as to. the. course we
should follow in locating the other shafts. He thinks that the prospect¬
ing should be confined to the upper part of the mesa which he has exam¬
ined and feels evident is sufficiently rich. We understand that Mr.

Hoyt is to come out here shortly. Can you not come with him and settle
up all questions in regard to the work?

Would it not be well, owing to the results so far obtained, to save
the expense of running .the mill and sinking new shafts and confine our¬
selves to prospecting until we. find workable gravel? In this prospect¬
ing we could sample the old workings, or shafts which are . scattered over
the entire mesa. We would probably have to do some further sinking as
many of these shafts are not down to bedrock and have been more or less
washed in. This however would be much less expensive than sinking new
shafts. We would like to have your idea as to the minimum value for
workable ground.

Hoping to see you out here very soon, we remain.

Messrs. Miller & Chapman,

Dolores, New Mexico.

Dear Sirs:

Yours of the 24th received. Carry out instructions about
locating holes. Do not work the Mill hut assay as you have been
doing with last holes. We know enough about the Milling part to
be sure we can get the gold if it is there; the only thing now is
to ascertain if there is enough rich ground to make it worth while
to erect a Mill. I think it poor policy to^prospect old holes,
so you better keep on as per instructions until Mr. Hoyt otherwise
decides. Ten Cents per ton of material excavated as a general
average would answer.

Yours very truly,

•yu U,C£i*u 4'CL':\
v{\ ft*1''

Thomas A. Bdison
Orange ,N ■ J .
Dear 3ir:-

[I tn\- Dol orefs^N Tm.'n ovf. 8 , 1900 .

Dear Sir:- Since our last report, C

Shaft #15 is now being sunk deeper in order to get a sample only

Shaft #16 has been sunk 11 ft. Present depth 89 ft. This is
being sunk deeper for sample only. Part of the gravel from this shaft
has been separated and is ready for assay.

Shaft #18 near N.W. oor. Lot #15, is being sunk for samnle.

Shaft #19 near center of Lot #45 " " " " »

We have decided to confine the. prospecting to an area which will
include all the ground covered by the contour map and extend one haff
mile to the North of it.

We have started five shafts and have four more located in the area
covered by the contour map, as follows:

Shaft #15 near N-W.oor Lot #50. > -v

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17 " H. side " 145. \\ ^ V\ y

" 18 " N.W. cor. " IS. St /

' 19 " center " 4s- \ v

" 20 in " 105. (Vf\ \ /

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These shafts are being sunk by contract at the rate of $1.50 per
foot and the sample taken by cutting a. channel down one side of the
shaft. About fifty pounds per foot is taken out, weighed. (stones and
all) and panned

We have discontinued the taking of samples of old shafts but are
panning and assaying those samples that had been taken when we received

ll-jB-'.OO. z

The mill is closed down as per instructions.

We would like to know whether you object to our continuing .
experimental work on both sizing and separating, as there are several
lines of experiments that we would like to follow out. We have
plenty of time for this now and need only the help of two boys and an
engineer.

Respectfully yours,

O.M.—

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Agreement between Antonio Ballejos and Esau Lopez and the Galisteo
Company, whereby the said Antonio Ballejos and Esau Lopez agree* to
sink one shaft to bedrock and take a sample of the same amounting to
one sack per foot of depth, down one side of said shaft at the rate of
One Dollar and Fifty Cents per foot of depth. The work tobe satis¬
factory to the engineers of the Galisteo 80 .

The Galisteo Company agrees to furnish all tools and powder neces¬
sary in the sinking of the said shaft.

Signed this ^ — day of Jin~- 1900.

At flolores, N.Mex.

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Galisteo Company, whereby the said Jose Chavez y Munez and Nicasio
Archuleta agree to sink one shaft to bedrock and take a sample of the
same , amounting to one sack per foot of depth, down one side of said
shaft at the rate of One Dollar and Fifty Cents for foot of depth.

The work to be satisfactory to the engineers of the Galisteo Co.

The Galisteo Company agrees to furnish all tools and powder
necessary in the sinking of the said shaft.

Signed this day of November, 1900.

At Dolores, N.Mex.

GALISTEO COMPANY.

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Orange, N.J. '

Dear Sitf Since our last report the following work has been done*

Shaft #15 Large, boulders had to be blasted out. No increase in depth.

" #16 Contractor short of help. Very little increase in depth.

" #19 Has been sunk 32 1/2 ft. Present depth 58 1/2 ft.

". <*#20 Started yesterday in lot No. 102.

71 ft.

We inclose on separate sheets the results of assays of samples of
these ^fts. We inclose also a pamphlet that has come to hand that
mi&ht interest you.

Tie average value of all the new shafts as far as at present pros¬
pected is 5.84 cents. In computing this the values obtained by the MilL.
runs^tf shafts 2,3,4,9,10,13, and 15 were used. We consider this an

unfair average owing to the fact that the shafts sunk by Mr. Burn are so ■
close together. We have therefore taken the average, of those shafts
as'.the value of that locality and considered this average as the value
of one shaft of the. proposed twelve. This average is 9.02 cents.

Averaging this in with the shafts we have sunk gives a value so far of
3.56 cents.

Eight of the twelve shafts are either finished or under way and
the other four will be started as soon as we can get men to take the

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Dolores, N. M. Dec. 4, 1900.

Mr. T. A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Mr . Edison

Since, our last report the following work has been

done :-

Shaft #15 3enk 26 1/2 ft. Present depth 85 ft. llinch.

" #16 Depth 111 1/2 ft. Sinking discontinued for reasons given

below.

" #19 Sunk 22 1/2 ft. Present depth 29 ft.

" #20 Sunk to bed-rock Total depth 29 ft.

" #21 Sunk 22 ft. Present depth 95 ft.

" #22 Location- Near N. W. corner of Lot No. 120.

Started Nov. 28. Present depth 20 ft.

" #23 Location- Near N. B. corner of Lot No. 161.

, Started Dec. 3. Present depth 13 ft.

" #24 Location- 500 ft. north of N. W. corner of Lot No. 154

Started today.

" #25 Location- Near north side of Lot No. 1.

Started Nov. 30. Present depth 16 ft.

The sinking of shaft #16 was discontinued because we considered
further sinking useless as the value of the gravel was only running
one an d-.n ine -ten iha'. cents. We should like to know whether you wish
us to sink this sfiaft and any, other, under similar circumstances, to
bed-rock regardless of the value of the gravel.

We have done no experimental work in the mill owing .to the fact
that the prospects of finding workable ground here is so

Mr. T. A. Edison,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Mr. Edison

Since our last report the following work has been done:-
Shaft #15 Sunk 15 1/2 ft. Present depth 99 1/2 ft.

#19 " 16 1/2 ft. " " 97 1/2 ft.

#21 " 11 1/2 ft. to bed-rook. Total depth 104 1/2 ft.

#22 " 22 1/2 ft. Present depth 42 1/2 ft.

” #22 - 17 ft.. •' •• 30 ft.

#24 " 19 1/2 ft. " " 19 \/z ft.

#25 ” 4 ft. to bed-rock. Total depth 20 ft.

We enclose on a separate sheet the values of the shafts so far as
prospected.

We hope to be through with these shafts within two weeks at the
longest and would like to know whether there will be any more work
for us here when these are finished. If this completes our work shall
we ship back the separator, screens, motors, etc. which we consider
would come in handy at the Laboratory?

Ther^are a few items in your original instructions which we have
not followed out as yet, which, undez; the present circumstances, we
hardly deem necessary. We call your attention to the fact however and
ask whether you wish us to carry out all of them.

We are both very anxious to take a trip through Arizona and old
Mexico before returning east and would like to know whether you have
any objection to our doing so.

Hoping to hear from you very soon

, we remain ,

[ENCLOSURE]

Dolores, N. M. Dec.. 18, 1900.

Mr* T. A. Edison,

Orange , N . J.

Dear Mr. Edison

According to your instructions the work on Cunning¬
ham Mesa has been stopped, with the shafts in the following condition :-
. Shaft #15 112 ft. to bedrock.

Ill 1/2 ft. deep not to bedrock.

#16

#17

#18

#19

#20

#21

#22

#23

#24

#25

113

104 1/2 ’
59

37 1/2 '

The last results of assays are inclose.d on a separate sheet. .We
also inclose map of the Cunningham Mesa with the shafts which we have
sunk plainly marked and opposite each one the depth and value of same.

It has been decided that John will return to the Laboratory and. will
leave here Sunday night. * •

We have taken the privilege of going on. a t*ip to Grand Canon Ariz.
for three days, before John's return. We hope that this will meet
with your approval.

We have started work on the Carachie. placer and inclose the com¬
bined result of a number of small samples taken when we examined the
ground roughly. This is }ust a preliminary sample.

We have outlined in red on the accompanying map an area that we
think might average IS cts. per yd. The small inclosed area to be ex¬
cluded. This gives an area of about 10 squares and at an average depth
of 30 ft. would give *2,800^000 cu. yds.

This estimate must necessarily be more or less guess work on ac¬
count of the very uneven distribution of the shaft* within the area.

We consider this a liberal estimate.

Yours truly,

[ENCLOSURE]

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange ,N . J.
Dear 3ir:-

3inoe our report of Dec. 18 five shafts have been sunk

Maps of the work done bothj>n Carachie and Golden Placers will foli>
low as soon as completed.

Dolores ,N .M . De'c^/l , 19po .

Rei

[FROM JOHN V. MILLER & CLOYD

t. CHAPMAN]

At the request of Mr. Edison we report as follows on the
work at Dolores, New Mexico, the methods employed, the efficiency
of the process and the results obtained by mill tests and samples
assayed.

We arrived at Dolores, Neb. 9th 1900 and found the exca¬
vation of the Mill only partially completed. The first two months
were comsumed in erecting the building and another month in in¬
stalling the machinery. A preliminary run of the entire Mill
was made May 7th.

The gravel from the Mill excavation whioh had been soreened
to one half inch and saved was used in making preliminary tests of
the process.

On Aug. 15th work was begun on the shafts sunk by Mr.

Burn at the head of the mesa for the Mill tests.

The method used in conducting the Mill tests was as follows:
At the shaft all the material was divided into seven sizes as follows
Mill size or under l/8", l/S" to l/2", l/2" to 1% 1" to 2", 2" to4",
4" to 12" and rocks over 12". Each size was weighed and the Mill
size was also measured by volume.

The Mill size was then taken to the Mill, (dried when
necessary) and soreened into the following sizes, Under .007",

,007"to .015", .015" to .029", .029" to .059", .059»to .074",

.074" to .094", .094" to .119", .119" to .125". Each of these sizes
was weighed and then separated.

The concentrate obtained was weighed, the iron magneti¬
cally removed, the remaining concentrate weighed, carefully panned
down and this final oonoentrat'e assayed by fire.

The weight of the tailings was taken as the difference
between the total weight of material of each size run and the
concentrate obtained.

A sample of these tailings amounting to about 70 lbs. per
ton was automatically and continuously taken during the run, weighed
oarefully panned down and the concentrate of this assayed by fire. Thus
values of each size of gravel were obtained and the weight of

(2)

the total gold in the gravel as it lay in the ground was calculated.

Table No. 1 contains the general results of the shaftB
run through the Mill.

It is only necessary to look over the column showing the
percentage of g.old saved on Table No. 1 to get a clear idea of the
high efficiency of the process.

About Nov. 1st according to instructions from Mr. Edison,
the Mill was closed down and work was confined to prospecting
Cunningham Mesa by sinking and sampling eleven new shafts, covering
about one and a half square miles. These shafts were sunk to bed
rook, samples taken by cutting a ohannel down one side of the shaft
large enough to take out about fifty pounds of gravel per foot of
depth. The total sample thus taken was weighed, oarefully panned
and the concentrate assayed by fire.

Samples were also taken from Ritchie Hill, the Thousand
foot Tunnel and shafts A. and B. Although the Thousand foot Tunnel
showed the high average of 55 l/2 cents, yet the average value from
surface to bed rock of the gravel in that immediate vicinity as shown
by shaft A. whioh almost passes through the tunnel is only 11 cents.

This high value of the tunnel may be accounted for by the
faot that it followed a rich streak. Shaft B. which is only a Bhort
distance away and which showed a very much lower value sustains this
opinion. The results of these shafts are tabulated in Table No. 2.

From these results arid the Mill test, it is computed that
there is 2,800,000 oubic yards at the head of the Mesa which oarries
15 cents per yard. However this is a very liberal estimate and
gives the Mesa the benefit of the doubt in every direction. With a
Mill of 24000 tons capacity per day this would furnish gravel for
only six months.

About Dec. 18th work on Cunningham Mesa was discontinued
and prospecting was commenced on the Caraohie placer. Five new
shafts were sunk and sampled, and one shaft which Mr. Burn had sunk
was sampled. The values of these shafts were obtained by the
method used in Cunningham Mesa. Table No. 3 gives the result of

(3)

this section.

This placer is of a small area, probably thirty acres,
and very shallow and the average value 2.2 cents shows it
practioally worthless.

Following the work in the Caraohie placer the Golden
Placer was prospeoted. Eight samples were taken in this section,
only one of them being from a new shaft, the remainder were old
workings. In these oases the face of the gravel was removed to
a depth of six inches down one side of the working before cutting
the channel for the sample. These samples were taken and treated
as described above.

Table No. 4 contains these results. This placer though
of considerable area, perhaps one square mile, lies principally
outside the Grant and the results which are from the portion
within the grant show it to be of too low grade for consideration.

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Shafts.

#15

#16

#17

#18

#19

#20

#21

#22

1.7

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#25 3.4

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B. 3.0
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[ENCLOSURE]

Tawle Ho. 3.
Caraohie Placer.

Assayi

Shaft Ho.

K. 1
K. 2
K. 3
K,. 4
K. 5
K. 6
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Value per ton
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1.55 cents

0.21 "

1.71 ”

3.17 "

2.48 "

•0,34 "

2.15 " Average Value.

[ENCLOSURE]

Sample No.

G. 1
G. 2
G. 3 ■

G. 4
G. 5
G. 6
G. 7
G.8
Total.

Ta-ble #4.

Golden Placer.

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0.35 "

3,43 "

1.59 »

6.41 "

11.81 "

3.22 " Average Value.

1900. Motion Pictures (D-00-15)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
commercial and technical development of motion pictures. Many items
concern the Klondike Exposition Co., which was organized to make a filming
expedition to the Yukon to produce films suitable for display at the Paris
Exposition of 1900. Included is an undated memorandum in Edison's hand
regarding the imperfect quality of the negatives produced. Other documents
pertain to Edison's suit against William N. Selig and to the proposed sale of
Edison's motion picture business to the American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
Among the correspondents are William E. Gilmore, vice president and general
manager of the Edison Manufacturing Co., and James H. White, manager of
the Film Department.

Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include duplicates and drafts of selected documents.

Thomas Crahon, Esq., Kanagor ,

Klondike Exposition Co.,

Cumbridgeport, Mass.

Dear Sir:

Confirming our conversation, I desire to ma'-.o the following
proposition, "based upon your statement that the Klondike Exposition
Co. has expended to date Seventy-three Hundred and Eighty-five hol¬
lars ($7385) in procuring films of different scenes in the Klondike
country:

lot. That I will furnish projecting machines and positive films
from the negatives that have been furnished by you up to an amount, for
ouch machines and positive films, of Seventy- three Hundred and Eighty-
five Dollars ($7385), such films being estimated at twenty cents (20 fl)
per lineal foot, and the machines to be furnished at a price not to
exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200) each.

2nd. The machines and positive films to remain my property and
be under ray control, subject to their use for exhibiting as now contem¬
plated.

3rd. That the net receipts from exhibiting such machinery and posi¬
tive films shall bo equally divided between the Klondike Exposition Co.
and myself.

4th. You to receive a salary of Sixty Dollars ($60) per week and
expenses, same to be deducted before any net profits are disbursed.

1/16/1900.

PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.

• Thomas Orahan, Mgr.

5th. In case any extra films are to he supplied, to keep eaoh out¬
fit complete, such films are to he paid for in cash at a rate not to
excood twenty oents (20 /) per lineal foot, the amount of same to he
deducted before ary net profits are disbursed.

This arrangement can be abrogated by either you or myself upon giv¬
ing six months written notice, but so long as this understanding shrill
stand it shall be a substitute for the contract dated the 14th day of
March, 1899, and not otherwise.

Yours very truly,

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J. F. Randolph, Esq.,

Care Edison Laboratory t
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My dear Mr. Randolph: -

I shall want to take your testimony in the kinetograph
case on Saturday morning at\en o'clock. I have concluded to
cover the following points byVour testimony: -

(1) T shall want you to testify from the time-sheets
from February 1, 1889, to February 1, 1890, giving week by week
the names of workmen who worked on the kinetoscope and their
time. This should includevthe work on the photograph building
in August, September and October, 1889, but T would like to have
you distinguish between the woVk on the photograph building and
the work on the kinetoscope its<

(2) Since the time of/Dickson and Brown was not charged
against the kinetoscope until the week ending June 27, 1889, but
both those men had time against/ the photographing room^ I shall
ask you a separate question wMch will require you to give the
time of Brown and Dickson charged against the photographing room
from February 1, 1889, down /to June 27, 1889.

(3) J shall wantVyou to testify as to the date when
the first commercial kinetoscope was sent out from the Laborato¬
ry, viz., April 6, 1894.

(4) As I underbid it, within a week or two after

these first kinetoscopes irfere\ent out, the account was turned
over from the Laboratory to the Edison Manufacturing Company or
some other concern. / T shall wantNttiat fact stated and the date
given. l/ \ \

(5) If your Books show the total, T shall want you
to give the total amount wVch Mr. Edison spent on the kineto-
scope, kinetograph and other\ccounts relating to the same indus¬
try, down to the time the business was turned over to the Edison
Manufacturing Company in the sprite: of 1894.

We will take this testimony in your room, so that you
will not have to carry any papers downstairs. T wish you would

also say to Mr. Edison and to Mr. Fred Ott that I shall want to
put them again on the stand for a question or two after finishing
with you.

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I understand Mr. Reiehenbaeh has had some interviews with

yourself and Mr. Gillmore relative to the projected union of interests
in the moving picture field. During your absence I had the pleasure of
an interview with Mr. Gillmore on this subject. I have been' informed by
Mr. Reiehenbaeh this morning of your return and that Mr. Gillmore has :
informed him that he can have an interview with you for a furthei’
discussion of this matter some time ndxt week; in the meantime, as you’
are doubtless aware, your attorneys have been pushing the suit against
our Company as vigorously as possible, and I am informed by our
attorneys that the testimony in the case on both sides has now been
completed. I am informed that Mr. Dyer, acting under your instructions,
is pushing the case as rapidly as possible and is endeavoring to arrange
to bring it to trial during the month of May. Of course if you insist
upon forcing. this suit to an issue at that time, our attorneys must
immediately proceed with the preparation of their brief for the defence.
The preparation of this case for trial will involve ns both in expense
which will be useless if we are to come to nn amicable agreement. If
you have any idea of the feasibility of such a combination, would it not
be to the interest of us both to suspend hostilities in the suit
until we can have time to negotiate this matter and come to a definite

Mr. Thomas A. Mi son

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Mar. 2?, 1900

understanding in reference thereto? As the time is too short to admit
of delay on the part of oiir attorneys if they must present this case in
May, would it not be a Good plan to direct our attorneys to stipulate
that this case 50 over until Pall, thus avoidinc ;m outlay that would
prove wasteful if we should be able to come tocether, as seems probable.
OonsiderinG that the time is so short that days now count, I would be
Greatly obi iced if you would communicate your decision in this matter
to me by telephone on receipt of thi's letter.

HNM/DBG

Very truly yours,

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2nd Vice President

AGREEMENT made this eleventh, day of April, Nineteen
Hundred, between s

THOMAS A. KDBSON," trading under the firm name and
style of the EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, of Orange, Hew
Jersey, hereinafter oalled "The Vendor", firBt party and

THE. AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE AND BIOGRAPH COMPANY, herein¬
after sailed "The Purchaser" second party t
WITNESSETH :

In consideration of the payment by the pur¬
chaser to the vendor of the sum of Twenty Hive Hundred Hollars
(#2600) at and upon the execution and delivery of this
oontraot, it is hereby mutually covenanted ae follows i

FIRST s The vendor hereby agrees to sell, assign ■
and set over to the purchaser at any time upon written de¬
mand, within ninety dayB from the date hereof, as a going

concern, the business for 'tie United States and Canada

carried on by the vendor known as his kinetosoope and p¥o#ewt-
i^c-kv-o' 4r {L

-ing business, together with the business £ers*he manufacturing, t

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developing, printing and selling tW films, as the same is and
has been oonduoted by him, together with all patents for the
United States and Canada on kinetosoopes and kine tographs,
together with all patents for the United States and Canada for
the manufacturing, developing and printing of films and all
applications for patents upon klnetosoopsB, kine tographs and
projecting apparatus suitable for use in the moving picture

business which the same vendor may personally have now

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ponding in the Patent Office at Washington^ together with

an assignment of any and all of said patents or applications
therof or. Which may bo held in trust for him, or to whioh he ,

I ' M W tic ICv/tii) Sfi ik. ttiifj*,

' nay bo equitably entitled, : together with all copyrights^ on

films and also the trade names, Edison Kinetosoope and

Ed lBon Klnetograph, and the good will of the said business )

together with the a took on hand of the vendor, eonoisting of
kinetosoopes and kinetographB, printing maohinery, finished
and in prooeaa of manufacture, also films, film stock and
negatives.

All of said property the vendor hereby covenants

shall he free and clear of all liens, charges and enoumhranoes
Whatsoever, save a certain contract with the Klondike Expos¬
ition Co., by Thomas Crahan, Manager, dated January 16th,

a oopy of which is hereto 'annexed, and a contract made with

the American Parlor Kinetosoope Co., of Washington, D. c.,

a oopy of which Is also hereto annexed. «&*** j

iS^hvct) ' '&tdLi bt *U| -«•

y The consideration for said Bale shall be the sum of
; Three Hundred Thousand hollars ($300,000) In cash, the

'Twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,600) paid hereon being ored-

&<XuL . .

;ited upon the seste amount,- and also a sum not to exceed

the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) in oaah, the same
to he computed from the hook oost to vendor of the stook and
property, other than patents, applications and copyrights
herein referred te, exoept that in computing the said sum the
negatives shall he taken at the price of Twenty-five Dollars
($25) for eaoh negative. Should the total of said hook
valuations and the negatives at said price, he less than the
sum of Thirty Thousand Dollar b ($30,000) in oash, then suoh
less sum shall he paid to the vendor hy the purchaser, within
ninety days from the exercise of this option.

In addition thereto, the purchaser shall puy the
sum of Pive Thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum for the term of
twelve years from the date of the said sale, and the pur-
ohaser shall eovenant with" the vendor that no dividend of any
kind shall he paid upon the capital stook of the purchaser.

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or designee before the prior payment of the said yearly payment;

of Fire Thousand Dollars ($8,000), shall have been made, to the
vendor during any year of said term.

ihe purchaser shall execute to the vendor a proper
instrument pledging all .patents and patent righto for the
United States and

to he assigned to it by the vendor under thiB oontraot as
security for the payment provided for in this olauoe.

\a»

TOA=apgtfcai ' ‘

If the patent^ fcsd^ number^

Shall be sustained

hy the Courts of the United States, by a final deeree after a
trial upon the merits thereof, then, and in that event, or if
.in three yearsfrom the date hereof , no decision shall be
. rendered in a suit in said Courts involving the validity of said '
patents, the purohaBer shall pay to the vendor an additional
sum of Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in cash j and if ,

at -the expiration of five" years from the date of this oontraot
the said patent shall not have been successfully attacked and
a Judgment or deoree rendered hy a United States Court
against the eaid patent, then and in that event, at the
expiration of said five (6) years, the pur chaser shall pay to
the vendor an additional sum of Twenty thousand Dollars
($20,000) in cash.

In oase of the purchase of the property oovered hy
this oontraot, then contemporaneously therewith, the vendor

kinetoaoopes, klnetograph'ii films, or projecting aaohinery,
used or capable of being uesed in the moving picture business,
or in the business of kinetoscopy, except in the State of
H-evada and Wyoming. This covenant shall, however, terminate and
be severally and separately void upon the failure of the
purchaser for sixty days after the same shall become due to
pay the Five Thousand Dollars ($6,000) hereinabove provided

for, at the expiration of any year for twelve years as

hereinbefore provided,

' 7110 vendor will act as a director of the purchaser,

or any corporation of good business standing which may take

tai* over the property herein contracted for, and especially
oovenants to give his testimony in sustaining the patents
herein agreed to be assigned and to assist as far as possible
in obtaining the testimony of his employees to that end, "
and to exercise all due and reasonable diligence to cooperate

with the purchaser to sustain the said patents j and that
he will do nothing to prevent the same from being sustained,
or aet in any way hostile to the said patents. And that,
the vendor will not directly or indireotly, attaok or assist
in the attack of and upon any patents, which the purchaser
now owns or controls, or whioh may be hereafter owned and
controlled by them relating to the art of moving pictures.

The vendor will also turn over all papers relating
to the said business and the said suit upon the said patentB
now in litigation, and will permit his attorney Ur. Blohard
N. Dyer, to aid in sustaining the said patents.

The vendor further covenants that he will forth¬
with instruct his attorney to enter an order adjourning, the
litigation now pending between the vendor and the pur¬
chaser affeoting said patents hereinabove, referred to and
v .until the Ball Term of the United States Circuit Court, and

fiat the said adjournment Shall be made.

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The vendor hereby oovenantsAexoept as herein set
forth, ItaMi he has not sold, lioensed, leased or parted with,
any kinetographio oamera, or any right of ,xni in and to the
patent* herein oontraoted to he assigned, which would deprive
the purchaser of the exo lustre right to manufacture, uee or
noil kinetographlo oameras, or the picture hearing alipa
produced therewith, and that he has a full right to assign
and convey the rights herein purported to he assigned and

conveyed.

This oontraot shall he and he considered to he an

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respectively) as fully as .though they had executed these
presents*

XH WITHESSS TOBHgOff the.. vendor haB hereunto set hie
hand and seal, and the second party has caused those presents
to he sealed and exeouted hy Its officer thereunto duly
authorised, the day and year first above written,

SIGHED, SEALED AHD HELIVERSD

IH THE EBESEHCE OS I • •

AS TO : ....

AS TO S

With reference to the snail Parlor machine I would
say that I will within a vory short period send to Plr. Gilmore for
your joint examination a rather primitive model of the machine.

Probably the most interesting feature of the idea is that it is
not necessary to \ise the eloctrio arc for the projection of tho pio
ture.If you will take a Blokam projector arid place it in one end of
a small dark box, placing at the other end a piece of white paper
opal glass , or any other suitable material on which to project a
picture using either a small bicycle lamp or a sixteen c. p. incan¬
descent lamp you will find a vory satisfactory result. Yon will
not only get a picture which is much larger than the Hutoscope but
it will have much more interest. It has more life. A machino
can be cheaply made utilising this method and by using films the
size^uaetl in the Biokam would bring the apparatus within the price
oi the ordinary user. _ghere^_we have projected through the opal
glass we have had the about six by nine inches. A coin-op¬

erated machino can also as you can readily see be made to use this
method. With kind rogards,

Type "Q" Cel I,

capacity (50 AMPERt hours Orange, N. J., June 15th, 1900.

Mr. Alex Werner,

•: Oranee, N. J.,

Dear Sir;-

Respecting the experimental work you propose doing on animated .
picture and lantern slide colored photography, we beg to submit the
following proposition:

You are to enter our employ on Monday, June 11th, 1900 in the
capacity of photographic experimenter, agreeing to devote your entire time
and attention to perfecting a process of manufacturing and reproducing
both kinetoscopic and lantern slide pictures in natural colors. As
compensation, we agree to pay you the. sura of $20.00 per week and royalties
on the goods that you may perfect, as follows:

Kinetoscopic films, 25 cents per each 50 feet.

Colored lantern slides perfected by you we agree to pay you a royalty
on of 25 cents per one dozen.

This arrangement is to stand for a period of six weeks, which
we understand is the length of time you require to demonstrate the fact
that you can do this work successfully.

It is further agreed that the arrangements may be terminated
at the expiration of six weeks, at which time, a new

and definite arrange-

6/15,1900.

Type "Q" Cel I,

CAPACITY 150 AMPERE HOURS

Mr. Alex Werner - #2.

ment can be made.

Yours very truly, ,

EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY

JHW/JNN.

GUufGX .

Howard W. Hayes, Esq., ' * ' ■

Prudential Building, . -

Newark, N. J.

Dear Sir:

I enclose you herewith the following papers:

. Contract, dated March 14th, 1899, between Thomas A. Edison and
Thomas Crahan, relative to the taking of kine to graph pictures, etc.,
in the Klondike . ,

letter, dated at Seattle, June 21st., 1899, addressed to myself,
from Thomas Crahan, Manager of the Klondike Exposition Co.

Copy of letter dated Jan. 16th, 1900, from Mr. Edison to Mr.

Crahan, Manager of the Klondike Expo sitionCo. , and Mr. Crahan’ s
acknowledgment of same dated Jan. 18th.

We have made arrangements whereby all these contracts, letters,
etc., are to be cancelled absolutely, and these are the only papers, so
far as X know, that cover the situation,' btit in any event, you might
make the release absolute to cover any others.

Mr. Crahan has organized this Klondike Exposition Co., five-sixths
of which stock stands in his name, the balance being distributed apio.hgst
his friends. However, what we want to- do is to get. a full release

Type "Q” Cel

CAPACITY 150 AMPERE HOURS

H. W. H. (2) 6/15/1900.

from him personally and. also from the Company, and I presume that the
release will have to he signed hy the officers of the Company. Mr.

Crahan will sign the paper as Vice. President and General Manager and
have it attested hy the Secretary. However, Mr. Crahan will he glad to
run dovm and see you at any time that you may indicate, bringing with
'him the hy-laws, so that you can see exactly what officials should
sign this.

The consideration for the releasing of these contracts, etc., is the
sum of $5,000 , $2,500 to he paid in cash and the balance in goods manu¬
factured and sold hy the National Phonograph Co., the Edison Mfg. Co. and
the Bates Mfg. Co., said goods to he furnished at the very best dis¬
counts allowed in the United States.

Will you kindly draw up these releases in duplicate, sending them
to me at the earliest possible moment.

If you desire any further information,, please telephone me, and if
you decide that you would like to see Mr. Crahan, a telephone message
or letter to me will reach him.

Kindly return all papers enclosed
Yours very truly,

l you are through with them.

weg/iww

Prudential Building,

Dear Sir:

Newark, IT. .T.

X return you herewith the form of contract between Thomas
Crahan, the Klondike Exposition Co. and Mr. Edison, wiping out the
present arrangement, all of which appears to he entirely satisfactory
to both Mr. Edison and myself. I understand that a meeting of . the
stockholders has been called to approve of this contract.

Yours very truly,

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An Indenture made his eighteenth day of Juno,
hundred, bn tween Thomas Crahan of oho first part, the Klondike
Exposition Company, a corporation, of Lho 3ooond part and Vhoc-
au A, Edison of tho third part:

Wi'EEEAS on tho fourteenth day of March, A. P. El Rh to on hun¬
dred and Ninety-nine an agreement was ontored into botwoon tho
said Thomas A. Edison and tho said Thomas 0 rah an in regard, to
taking by photographlo process and exhibiting as moving pic¬
tures, certain places and saunas, in which contract it is pro¬
vided '.hat tho said Thomas Craft an should forthwith cause to bo
organized undor tho laws of tho State of Mow Jersey, a corpor¬
ation to which corporation all tho rights of tho said Thomas
Crahan under said contract should bo assigned; a copy of v/hich
con tract is h ore to annexed marked "Schedule A. 11

AND WHEREAS the said Thomas Crahan did in pursuance of tho
provisions of said oontraot oauso to bo organizod undor tho
laws of tho State of Mow Jorsoy, a corporation under the mono

the Klondike Exposition Company, being lho said party, of tho
oocond part and did assign o the said party of the second ,
all his rights undor said contract,

AND WHEREAS by a contract contained in two lot -ors,.. one c
letter of tho said ThomasA. Edison to tho said Thomas Crahan,
Manager of tho said Klondike Exposition Company, dated January
sixteenth, Nino toon hundred and the other, a. lqt ter from tho
3 aid Thomas Crahan, Manager as aforesaid, to tho said Thomas
A, Edison, jiatqd ^January eighteenth. Nineteen hundred, ;,ha S^ic
first mentioned contract was by mutual- 'consent - materially Hiiofr
ifiod and changed; oopios of which letter s oro horoto : annexed
marked "Schedule R" and "Sohodulo 0" rosnoctfvoly.

AND WKEI1EAS tho ■ said parti o;

and tho said party of i

parties <j>f tho first and second part
third par's have mutually agrood to’

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abrogate tho s;;id contracts and to release each other from any
claims or demands of or from each other on account thereof.

HOW THEREFORE T. IS I "DEBTORS V/ITMESMES that tho said par¬
ties of the first arid second part’, inconsideration of the -sum
of Five thousand dollars, to be paid by the said party of tho
third part to Ihe party of the sooond part in the manner here¬
inafter provided, have released and discharged, and by those
presonts do release and discharge tho said party of the third
part, his heirs, executors and administrators, of and from any
and all Joint or several claims and demands at law or in ecu it;'
of the said parties of the first and second parts, arising fro -,
or on account of Baid contracts, or of or from any matter or
thing arising from said contracts, as fully as if the said con¬
tracts or either of them had never been entered into.

Ann it is fur her agreed that all photographic machines,
projecting machines, and films, both positives end negatives,
made, taken or furnlshod under ho provisions of the said con¬
tracts, or either of thorn, shall bo and remain tho sole proper¬
ty of tho said ThomasA, Edison; and that any such machines, or
films now in the possession of the said parties of the first
ord second part..;, shall forthwith bo delivered, to tho Baid
Thomas A. Edison.

AUD it is furthor agreed that the said consideration sum
of Five thousand dollars shall bo paid as follows; Two thous¬
and ~ivo hundred dollars to be paid by ohe said Thomas A. Edison
to the said 1 Klondike Exposition Company, in cash on tho sign¬
ing of this instrument; in satisfaction of the balance of Twc
thousand Five hundred dollars, the said Thomas A.EdlBonuahall
oauso to be delivered to tho Klondike Exposition Company on
demand, such of tho goods regularly manufactured or sold by
tho national Phonograph Company, the Edison Manufacturing Com¬
pany or then a to a Manufacturing Company, as the said Klondiko •
Exposition Company shall by Its proper officers select, to thu

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aBKrofs&to valuo of Two thousand Plvo hundred dollars., such valr
uo to ho aBoertainod by computing the values of such goods so
selecte'dat the lowest prices (including discounts for the lar¬
gest quantities) chat the said goods are now sold anywhere in
tho United States by the said corporations so manufacturing or
selling them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties of the first and see}
ond part, have hereto set their respective hands and seals,
and the said party of bhp second part has caused those present!
to bo signed in its name by its Vice-President and its corpor¬
ate seal to be hereto affixed attested to by its Secretary, in|
duplicate, the day and year first above written.

Signed, sealed and delivered :
in tho presence of
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S 0 II E D U h E A.

THIS AGREEMENT mad® at ’.’test Orange,, Hoy/ Jersey this j

jLurtoonth day of March in the yoar One thousand eight hundred ;

Lnd ninety-nine hetv/een THOMAS A, EDISON, on the one part, j

Khorolnaf ter dOBignated as Mr, Edison), and THOMAS GRAHAM, /

(hereinafter designated as Mr;. Crahan.) ■ j

WITNESSETH: 1

| V/IIEREAS Mr. Crahan or his assigns proposes to take 1

and obtain pictures and representations by photographic pro- j

cess of plaoes and scones in the region knov/n as the Klondike
country and elsewhere in Alaska, in the North West Territory .j

of Canada, and of plaoes and scenes elsewhere from and to ;

Seattle into such country, all of which is hereinafter .dosig- j
nated as the Territory, and intends that such pictures and rep- ,
rosontations shall be fitted and prepared for first class ox- I
hibitlon as moving pictures by the process*’ and manner knovm as
the projecting Kinotescope or similar apparatus, and intends
bo exhibit the same particularly at the Paris Exposition of 1

1900 and elsewhere in Prance, and in England, the United States J
Canada, and elsewhere; Now therefore to carry out such propos- J

ition and intention and. In consideration of mutual promises [

and the payment of the moneys hereinafter provided for, it Is
agreed as follows:

That on or before the 15th day of May, 1999, Mr, Ed- f
Ison shall manufacture, provide and furnish two complete Kinet- j
ographs or photographic apparatus or machines of the. first
class, capable of taking and obtaining such pictures or the j

negatives of such pictures or scenes and for the purpose afore¬
said, such negatives to bo of at least throe inches in Y/ldth
inside measurement. The photographlo apparatus or machines
shall continue and remain the property of. Mr. Edison, but the

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exclusive right to the use of the same for the purpose afore¬
said,, or of any substitute of such machines, shall belong to
Mr. Orphan for the period of five years from the date of this
contract. As compensation to Mr. Edison for the furnishing
of such machines and their use as aforesaid, Mr. Orahan will
pay him oho oost, said cost not to exceed One thousand dollars
for both, of which Two hundred dollars shall he paid upon the
execution of tills contract, the receipt of. which is hereby ac¬
knowledged, and Eight hundred dollars on July 1st, 1899 by
bank draft on Mew York City', Mew York, if Mr. Edison has then
faithfully performed, his agreement aB to suoh machines.

Together v/lth 3uch machine or machines and there¬
after from time to time during the period of thiB contract as
shall be required by Mr . Orahan, Mr. Edison shall have prepared

and furnished proper and suitable negative films for use in
such machines and for the taking and obtaining of such
pictures..'- : as aforesaid, and shall thereafter within reason¬
able time- develop or cause to bo developed and prepared suoh
negative films in final shape ready for use for the proper mak¬
ing of positives to be used for exhibition in the manner pro-
■ posed as aforesaid; and for such negative,; films and for the
final preparation of the same Mr, Orahan will pay Mr. Edison
tho actual cost of such films together v/lth the cost of their
final preparation in all not to exceed thirty cents per running
foot of suoh films; and said negatives shall be paid for ono
third on delivery at Mr, Edison's manufactory at V/est Orange,
Mow Jersey; one- third on July lbth, 1899, to Mr. Edison's a-
gent at Dawson, Yukon Territory by bank draft on New York City,
New York, and one-third on complete development of tho same
ready for manufacture of positives therefrom; and also to'
furnish Buoh positives from the negatl ve films as . may be re-;. .
quired. upon the written order of Mr. Orahan but not otherwise
at a price not to exceed thirty oents per running foot of said
films; the said positive films shall be paid for as ordered by

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Mr. Oral: an ready for use in such projecting machines. All I

said films both negative and positive shall ho the property of j

Mr. Crahan. ;!

At the time said pho to (-rap hie apparatus, or machines are \
furnished as aforesaid Mr. Edison shall select and appoint a
proper person of duo experience and shall thereafter suhsti— j
•cute any other or others in his plaoo from time to time as may 1

he required, who during the season of 18 9 W , or so much thereof 1

as Mr. Crahan shall doom necessary to obtain pictures in said
Territory, shall have charge of said photographic apparatus
and machines; and under the direction and. control of tir.Crahar
shall take snd obtain all su oh pictures and scones within the
territory above mentioned; that Mr. Crahan will pay such per¬
son or his substitute during such employment at the rate of
i>Lve ('$3,00) dollars per day and in addition thereto his neo- ^

easany and proper expenses, such payment to be made as Mr. j

Edison shall from time to time require. .

On or before the first day of January 1900, Mr. Edison j

will manufacture, furnish and deliver a proper Klnetosoope or j
projection maohlne , snd on .three months notice others, all of j

the first class suitable and fitted for the projection and j

showing of such pictures and scones in exhibition and which
shall project or show suoh pictures at the best focu3. at a size |

in projection of not less than eighteen feet by twenty foot. j

Such projecting machines shall be the exclusive property of
Mr. Crahan for which he shall pay to Mr. Edison upon delivery
the oost thereof not to exceed Two hundred dollars per machine,

If by accident or misadventure hot due to the fault or
negligence of Mr. Crahan either or -any of such Kinotograph ma¬
chines shall within the said period be lost or destroyed, or
so injured as to become useless for the purposes aforesaid, or
shall bo or become ineffective for first class' work in the par- -'.

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jticulars aforesaid, then and in that case Mr. Edison will, with
ill reasonable apood, repair, or -cause to he repaired, such
nachine or maohinos to he put in first class shape and effec¬
tiveness without cost to Mr. Crahanj or in case said machine
ar machines cannot be so ropaired Mr. Edison will without cost
furnish and substitute another or other raachihes in place .
thereof) the intention of the parties being; that at all times
■ during the above mentioned period Mr. Edison will bo obligated,
except by default or negligence of Mr. Crehan, to furnish and
ho op in order and, effectiveness such machines or 'furnish proper
substitutes therefor.

It is further agre d that except as hereinafter provided
neither Mr. Edison nor any of the Oompani.es with whioh he is
connected, nor any employee of his or them, shall- knowingly
make or furnish any similar photographic apparatus for similar
use and purposes in the above mentioned territory or for ropro- .
sontlng or showing scenes in such territory.

And as further consideration going to this entire con¬
tract it is agroed that Mr. Edison shall reooivo and bo en¬
titled to SO per cent of the net receipts do lived from the
exhibition of such pictures or scenes.

During the said undertaking and the talcing and obtaining
such pictures Mr Edison shall be entitled, within Bald terri¬
tory by apparatus and appliances and films provided at his own
cost, and by and thorough the person or persons so selected as
aforesaid, to take and obtain all sUch pictures and scones; as
he- shall see fit for use in Kinetesoopes of the kind and size'
heretofore used by Mr. Edison in slot machines and otherwise
in projections. That the negatives and positives of pictures
and soenes so taken shall belong to Mr, Edison and under his
direction and control may bo exhibited in tho United States
and in Europe in slot machines or otherwise; that the net
receipts of suoh exhibiting shall be equally divided between

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Mr., Edison and. Mr. C rail an. It is however understood that

such pictures shall not he exhibited at any time or In any
place until the exhibition of the pictures first above men¬
tioned has begun in Paris.

All provisions of this contract shall he and become for
the benefit aB well of the parties hereto as for their respec¬
tive exeoutor Sj administrators and assigns, and that Mr. Grahar
may assign his contraot and all his rights thereunder and.
that his assignee or assignees shall lie entitled to all the
rights and privileges herein given and be obligated by all his
obligations.

Mr. Grahan agrees that ho will at once organize a cor¬
poration under the laws of Mew Jersey, to which this contract
shall be assigned* which corporation shall stand in the place
of Mr, Or chan as to all rights and obligations of this con¬
tract.

'•II? WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have hereunto set their
hands this fourteenth day of Mar oh 1000 in duplicate.

In Presence Of

GEORGE K. ADAMS THOMAS A.. EDISON.

THOMAS GRAHAM,

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SCHEDULE Tj.

Orange, .'f.J., Jan,lU,19oo. j

Thomas Crahan, Esq., Manager, /

Klondike Exposition Co., , I

Cambridgeport, Mass. i

Dear Sir:- |

Confirming our conversation, I dosiro to make the j
following proposition, based upon your statement that the
Klondike Exposition Company has expended to date Seventy- three j

Hundred and Eighty-five Dollars ($7303) in procuring films of
different scenos in the Klondike country: ]

1st. That I will furnish projecting machines and positive
films from the negatives that have been furnished by you up to j

an amount, for such machines and positive films, of Seventy- f

throe Hundred and Eighty- five Dollars ($7385) , such films being j
estimated at tv/onty cents (SO/) per lineal foot, and the ma- • j
chines to be furnished at a price not to exceed Two hundred
Dollars ($200.) each.

2nd. The machines and positive films to remain iry property
and be under my control, subject to their use for exhibiting
as now contemplated.

3rd. That the net receipts from exhibiting such machinery T~
and positive films shall ‘ be equally divided- between the Klon¬
dike Exposition Co. and myself.

4th. You torocslve a salary of Sixty dollars ($00) per |
week ana expenses, same to be deducted before any net profits j
are disbursed. , j

5th. In case any extra films are to bo supplied to keep,
eaoh outfit complete, such films are to be paid for in cash
at a rate not to exceed (20/) twenty cents per lineal foot.

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the amount, of samo to too deducted 'before any net profits are
disbursed.

This arrangement can be abrogated by either you or myself
upon giving six months n written notice, but so long as this
understanding shall stand it shall be a substitute for the con¬
tract dated tho 14-th day of March, 1B0G, and not otherwise'.

Ycurs very truly,

■Thomas A. Edison.

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SCHEDULED.

New York, January 18th, 1900.

|.ir. Thomas A. Edison,

Orange, N.J,

Daar Sir:-

In reply to your latter of January 10th I has to - say
that the proposition Is accepted.

I Yours vary truly,

Thomas Crahan

Manager Klondike Exposition Co.

ASSIGNMENT.

WHEREAS, I, THOMAS CRAHAN, of Orange, in the County
of Essex and State of New Jersey, did obtain copyright for <L
hook, the title or description of which, is in the following
words, to wit: "Artistio Glimpses of the Wonder World", which
copyright is numbered 13128, and bears dat6 the twenty-fifth a
of May, in the year Nineteen hundred; and whereas, I, am now
the sole owner of said copyright and all rights under the
same; and whereas, THOMAS A. EDISON, of Orange, in the County
of Essex and State of New Jersey, is desirous of acquiring the
entire interest in the same.

NOW',’ THEREFORE, to all whom it may oonoern, be it
known that for andin consideration of the sum of One Dollar,
($1.00) and other valuable considerations to me in hand paid,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I, the said THOMA
ORAHAN, have . Bold, assigned and transferred, and by these pres
ents do sell, assign and transfer unto the said THOMAS A. EDI¬
SON, the whole right, title and interest in and to the said
copyright; the same to be held and enjoyed by the said THOMAS
A. EDISON for his own use and behoof, and for the use and be¬
hoof of his legal representatives to the full end of the term

for which said ' copyright is granted, as fully and entirely i
the same would have been held and enjoyed by me had this as¬
signment and sale not been made.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and]
affixed ny seal at • *-/ ffa County of

i^u^L and State of this

Nineteen hundred.

day of

In the presence of

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I goo. No, I3JAL 1_

Be it vemembereb,

<&iat 071 _ day o/_ _ 01<2U - t?O0.

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Book, tie title oh deselection of wiici is e

in tie Coiotuiny refolds, to wit:

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tie uy/d eviclcoji 4e claims as aettiou in conjolmily eoiti tie duos of tie fyinilcd dilates
lesfeectiny (d>c/iyliy4ts.

(Office of ilic glcgistce erf ®opa»iflftts
‘Jgttastiiixgtcru, §. ®.

(iCttdL^rh

A regular meeting of the Stockholders of the Klondike
Exposition Company held this eleventh day of July 1900, at its

? •" ' 06 ^ thS Edla0n labol'atorJr> corner of Valley Road

a^K£gfcH»*i Aventte, West Orange, ft. j.

The meeting Was called to order, and Thomas A. Edison
;was chosen Chairman, and Thomas crahan,, Secretary.

On motion the meeting adjourned, until Monday the 16th
day of July, 1900, at S o’clock 3? , H. at the same place.

Secretary,

r^r * A special meeting of the stockholders of the Klondike

Exposition Company duly called pursuant to notice, and an adjourned
regular meeting of the stockholders of the Klondike Exposition
Company, held this sixteenth day of^July, 1900, at the jjdiaon

laboratory, corner Valley Road amrS®i3sQ*£i Avenue, West Orange,

H. J.

The meeting was called to order trad^Thomas Crahan, Vice
President, on account of the death .Of Mr. Qeorge H. Adams, the
President.

Mr. Crahan reported to the meeting that he had arranged
a settlement with lir. Edison of the matter in dispute between
Mr. Edison and the company, and had executed in behalf of the

Company, an agreement as follows:

Moved and seconded that the meeting approve,. of such
settlement.

Motion carried.

Mr. Crahan then presented the followig g bill for moneys
emended by him on behalf of the Company.

{Copy bill)

Moved and seconded that the company sell to Mr. Crahan
the goods and merchandise transferred to the Company by Mr. Edison
at the co3t price thereof to the Oonroany, and pay to him the oaslC
received on such settlement, and that such amount and goods etc
be credited on hl3 said bill, -which bill shall be appryed.by the

meeting.

Motion carried.

Mr. i Wllliam^o. Oammann then tendered his resignation
CiMlldtn' ■

as Secretary^ of the Company to take effect on the adjournment of
this meeting, which resignation w accepted.

On motion the meeting then adjourned.

Secretary.

TERRY HINKLE.

M*on j

TELEPHONE 3247 18th ST,

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Wor^ °ft ffinds flop ^ iziidings ,

51S & 520 WEST 22nd STREET,

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The Edison Mfg. Co,

Orange, N. J.

Mr. Win. Simpkin, Engr.,

Dear Sir:- ■

We enclose herewith a print of the drawing which you saw
. and approved at our office several days ago.

This shows the flat construction for roof of the Photograph¬
ic Studio at 41 E. 21st St.

We submitted this modification to the Bldg. Dept., and were
informed today that it had been passed satisfactory, and you will no
doubt receive written notice of their approval of this amendment, as
we filed the amended drawing in your name.

We will begin delivering for ick to the job tomorrow, and ex¬
pect to begin laying the sid^^^i^b^it;. Friday or Saturday of this

Yours very truly,

The Hinkle Iroh Co.,

week.

BANNING & BANNING,
COUNSELORS AT LAW,.

204 Dearborn Stri

CHICAGO.

THIS AGHEEMEHT made this day ot December, 1900,

between The Seli^ Polyscope Company, of Chicago, Illinois, of the
first part, and. Ephraim Banning and Thomas A. Banning, composing
the law firm of Banning & Banning, of the same place, of the second
part, WITNESSETH:

WKEBEAS, two suits have been recently begun by Thomas A.
Edison against William N. Selig, predecessor and president of the
party of the first part, in the Circuit Court of the United States
for the Northern District of Illinois, for infringements of letters
patent of the United States, one charging infringement of patent
No. 493,426, issued to the complainant March 14, 1893, for an Im¬
provement in Apparatus for Exhibiting Photographs of;- Moving Objects,
and the other charging. infringement of letters patent No. 589,168,
issued to the complainant August 31, 1897, for an Improvement in
Kinematographic Cameras, and a decision in^ the complainant's favor
in said suits may result in a perpetual injunction closing the
business of the party of the first part and causing it to lose its
entire investment therein; and

WHEREAS, the party of the first part is desirous of se¬
curing the services of the party of the second part to defend said
suits and any others which may be hereafter begun against it or any
of its customers, and generally to look after and take care of its
legal business relating to patents, during the period hereinafter
mentioned, and it is estimated that Five Hundred Dollars ($500.)
will be reasonable condensation for their' services heretofore rendered
in the organization of the party>.of the first part and other matters,
and that Six Thousand Dollars ($6000.) a year for the next two years
will be reasonable compensation for their services in defending said
suits and in the other business above referred to; and

WHEREAS, Will .1am IT. Selig, President of the party of the
first part, is desirous that the services of the party of the second
part shall be secured to defend said suits and conduct' other business
as aforesaid and to that end consents that one hundred and twenty-
five (125) shares of the stock subscribed for by him and paid for
by the transfer of his business to the company may be issued to the
party of the second part in compensation for their services as
aforesaid:

1TOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of
the mutual promises and undertakings hereinafter, mentioned, said
parties have agreed and hereby agree between themselves as follows:

1* In consideration of the issuance to them of one
hundred and twenty-five (125) shares of the capital stock of the
party of the first part, fully paid and non-ass essable, as herein¬
after provided, the party of the second part hereby receipt for and
release all their claims for services heretofore rendered in the
organization of the party of the first part and otherwise, and agree
to take charge of the defense of said two suits above referred to,
and any and all other suits which may be hereafter begun against

the party of the first part,

any of its customers for infringe-

a“> «" look after and take oka™

or and o.nduot its 1*1 business r.l.tins to patents, rot- dur-

*”S “8 ‘'*~I”aer °r “• .-a for t»o yeans thereafter .

mtl1 1903 - *«’»>« further payment or com-

pensation therefor; provided that the party of the first part is to

pay all
duct of
part in

expenses connected with the defense of
other business, and co-operate with the

said suits and con-
party of the second

securing testimony and in such other

work and ways as

may be

found necessary; and provided further that if said 125 shares of
stock have not been otherwise fully paid for, this agreement shall
be accepted as full payment therefor by the party of the first part.

2. In consideration of this agreement, relieving it
from the burden of paying counsel's fees for the defense of said
suits and conduct of said business, the party of the first part
hereby consents to and approves the foregoing, and agrees to cause
125 shares of its capital stock, fully. paid and non- asses sable, to be
issued to the party of the second part or their order, in such way
as they may desire, (which is done simultaneously herewith, and the
receipt of which stock is hereby acknowledged by the party of the
second part); and in case such stock has not been fully paid for
otherwise the party of the first part hereby accepts this agreement
and the services to be rendered as aforesaid in full payment there¬
for and for all claims on account thereof.

I1T WITNESS WHEBEOE the party of the first part has caused
these presents to be signed by its president, and its corporate seal
to be hereto affixed, and the party of the second part have hereunto
set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

Attest.

To The Sell g Polyscope Company:

In consideration of your assuming the defense of the
suits above referred to, and ofmy being relieved from the' burden
thereof, I hereby authorize and request you to issue to Messrs.
Banning & Banning, or such persons as they may designate, 125 shares
of stock, fully paid and non-ass essable out of the stock subscribed
for by me and paid for by the transfer of my business and matters
relating thereto.

Chicago, Decembe

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1900. Patents (D-00-16)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
foreign and domestic patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent
matters. Most of the material consists of letters to Edison from the law firm of
Dyer, Edmonds & Dyer pertaining to phonograph patents and patent
infringements.

■ Less than 10 percent of the documents have been selected. The
following items have not been selected: non-substantive correspondence about
application fees or patent renewals, letters of transmittal, statements of claims
allowed, and documents that duplicate information in selected items.

tfi>tcAan€J\C/)i/s>-.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,

Orange, N.J.

'Y'mmKJrwZriG

M..AZ.SSWOrl;

January 22, 1900.

We beg to enclose the application papers for

divisional application c ft your application filed March 17,
1899, Serial No. 709,44^ (Edison No. 1002). The Examiner has
allowed the claim on tjhe process in the o original case and all
of, the claims which 4 have made in the enclosed papers except
the first, which we ijope to secure. The drawings , in the di-
i same as those for the original. Please
papers as we have indicated.

Yours very truly.

visional case
execute the enclosi

(P.L.D.)

Enclosures.

<&&j07&uJ4U. '^mU

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i February 21, 1900.

Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, \

In reference\to your /applications Edison No. 1017 and
No. 1024 for Prbcess/and Apparatus for Drying and Screen¬

ing Ores and Other Materia

, consisting in crushing the material,

passing it through a dr/er\ screening it, carrying off the screen¬
ings, recrushing the tailings- and mixing such recrushed tailings
with fresh quantitie/ of wet oXdarap material, the Examiner cites

two patents granted/ t

ter of Cleveland, Ohio.

of these patents relate principally*. to methods and apparatus for

treating garbage/ and v

» thatVby argument submitted to-

» have ful/ly distinguished your invention therefrom. It

occurs to us, /however, that you may be i

> to swear back of the

references in case the Examiner still relies, upon them. The
Cummer patents were both applied for on March^Sth 1898. ; Did
you make your invention before that time? \

Yours very truly, n.

un. •* £(ur

(E.L.D.)

THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY,

71 BROADWAY.

- - South Mifce Hill, Franklin Furnace, n. ,,

W.-s. Mallory, vice Pres'i.,

N.J. & Pa. Concentrating Work?,

, Orange, 31. J,

liar. 8, 1900 r

MAR 9' 1900

Dear Sir:-

Ref erring to your letter of Mar. 7th would say that the
3 ft. Dryer in our old mill does not at any place arrange for the overs
on the screen to be returned to. the Dryer after once passing through.
This is the arrangement in our new Crushing House, Mill No. 2.

We hope to get off the shipment of Fraiiklinite with
Almandito mixture to you today. Cause of;delay in shipping, wo had to
mine the ore in order to get the mixture which you desire.

Yours very Truly,

THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY,

71 BROADWAY. - ‘

- South Mine Hill, Franklin Furnace, N. J.

WIS. Mallory, Vice Pres.,

The K. J. & Penna. Concentrating Co.,

Orange, IT. J . • -c.

MAR ±2 1900

Mar. 10.1900.

Dear Sir:-

As stated to you in our letter of the 8th inst.,tho overs
from the screons in crusher house of Mill Ho. 1 do not Return to the
dryer after once going through. The delivery of overs from our tower
screens go down to the fine rolls, to what we call our cellar rolls,
and from there up into our high speed finishing rolls*and so into the
house. I believe this will make this matter a little more plain to you*

V/e have sent forward shipping receipt for bags of ore with almandito
mixture whicHwe hope will be satisfactory.

V?e are also in receipt of a bill from your works for grease cups.
We have had to go to quite some expense to get this ore for you, not
considering the value of the ore which we shipped. It seems as if in
matters of this kind one hand should wash the other to a certain extent.
We do not want to make a charge for a small matter like this and we think
on the other hand, you people should not be so close in making your
charges, v/e will pass the bill of §3. 91, dated Orange, H.J. Peb. 28, if you

say it is right to do so. .

Yours very Truly,

THE HEW JERSEY ZIHC COMPAHY,

supt.

•With the usual screening,

THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY,

'I BROADWAY., SOUTH Mine Hill, FRANKLIN FURNACE, N. .[.Mar. 19,1900.

V7.S .Mallory , Vice Pres., MflR (g00

The N.J. & Fenna. Concentrating V/O0V5
Orange, IT.J.

Dear Mr. Mallory

Replying to yours of the 17th inst. I think it would be inuch bet¬
ter to charge in every case for what material or work migh.t / be.
done for each other, but we made no charge for the ore which we mined
and shipped to you and thought it was hardly fair for you to make a

charge for material you furnished us. The labor on the ore v/hich we got
out for you, especially out of one of our high raises in Parker Mine
where it was possible to get such as you wanted,ioostJus feogood deal
more to get^than the amount of your bill, not placing any value o& the
ore at all. So much for this. The understanding is now that whatever we
do for each other we will make a nominal charge for. We have put your
bill in dtitefile marked"cancelled ."

With reference to our mill would say for your information and that
of Mr. Edison, of coitr apj we find that we have many soft plates on our
5 ' Rolls arid some 'bad plates on the smooth 36’s. We have only the four
sots of rolls. and one elevator running. We have put through a little
over 300 tons , grinding 50f, of it down through, l/ 2x1/^ screens, the
balance probably would pass through 1x1 screens .

The mill, of coitrso, has had no test and will not have any worth
report ing until such time as v/e get our Dryer, Furnace , Screens, and
3 High Goated Rolls to running. Then we can tell nearly what the mill
will do.

Yours very Truly,

THE HEW JERSEY ZINC GOMPAHY, ;■

[FROM WALTER S. MALLORY?]

April 2nd, 1900.

Mr. Van Hater,

o/o Derby Load Co. ,

Elvin,Mo,

My dear Sir: —

The question ha3 recently come up id regard to the
method of handling the ore at your old Mill; that is, whether it was
passed through the Dryer, then went to the soreens , the overs return¬
ing and being mixed with fresh quantities of wet or damp material,
and then going through the Dryer a second time. We have written Mr.
Tonicing, who has replied that the material at present does not go
through the Dryer the second time.

Both Kr. Edison and the writer remember distinctly the con¬
versation we had with Mr. Courtright When the Dryer was first put
up, and you were having trouble in getting the material to the
proper degree of dryness. It was suggested that you return the
overs from the soreens, mixing it with the wet ore; then they would
both go through the Dryer together, and we both are of the opinion
that this was done at that time. Will you kindly advise us whether
we are oorreot?

We are asking for the information to use in a reference oase
on one of our patent applications.

Thanking you in advanoe for your reply, we are
Yours very truly,

{jpt J %J'

fti'eAant

S<u/iut/ C?AWmcm</s.
/>tinA/S)y*H

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Odtfi/i/er. (tyAmonjAi

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3S jY*tJJati'£$ree£. , - * -

/April 4, 1900.

John P. Randolph, Esq.,

Edison Laboratory,

Orange, N.J .

.Dear Sir,-

V/e sent you in August last a number of/Sraft bills,
with the request that you have the items gonff over to see
if they were charged against tlie proper companies. Y/e
have revised these accounts in accordance with Mr. Edison's
talk with our Mr. Dyer, putting all th/ items (except those
relating to the meter and /compressed Air inventions for
which separate bills ha^,b been mad of out and forwarded to
Mr. Mallory) in one account against Mr. Edison, and have
today mailed to him bills coveriA these amounts, together
with a statement showing the pr/sent condition. Kindly
therefore return td us the biljfe forwarded to you last August
so that we may destroy them personally, thus avoiding any
complications which might ar/se and keeping the accounts
straight. We /shall hereaf yer render monthly bills.

Very ^ruly yours,

/ jy

(J.R.T.)

Derby Dead Company,

Elvins, Missouri. April 5, 1900.

Mr. W. S. Mallory, Vice Proa
H. J. & Pennsylvania C
Edison Labritory,

Orange, H. J

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the

In reply to your inquiry, would say that the Ore after passing through the
Edison dryer at the old mill was elevated to a tower screen,the thro.ughs
from which were delivered upon a belt conveyer which delivered them
immediately into the separator house. The overs from said screen
were delivered upon another belt coveyer which carried them to the
intermediate roils. These overs are not returned through the dryer,
nor were they ever thus returned. If you had any point you wish to
establish by this returning of the overs through the dryer mix'eiwith
the wet material, I am sorry that the facts will not answer your pur¬
pose, but such is the case.

APR 71900

yours very truly,

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ring to3 your letter -of May 3rd in re expiration
?! fo‘rei|ifcfand ^orri^ponding U.S. patents, we beg to report 1

no foreign phonograph patents which
>he life of U.S. patents expire this year.

,The bi^oa^Agraphophone patents expired on the 4th inst.,

1 applied for May 4th 1886 and the tern
*Tom the date of filing. The expiration
of these English patents does not affect the life of the corres¬
ponding United States patents, for the reason that the United
States patents issued on the same day that the English cases

^Were filed, and therefore the English patents are not prior
patents and cannot limit the life of the United States patents.

- In regard to the phonograph patents, we give below a

list of the patents under the various sets which have any bear¬
ing on the life of the U.S. patents.

Foreign Set 84.

This set comprises U.S. patents, No. 382,414 granted
May 8th 1888 on attachments for burnishing phonogram blanks, and

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Ho. 386,974 grouted July 31st 1888, which was the first
modern machine case and contains claims on various features
employed in the present types of phonographs. Under the
latest authorities. United States patents are not limited by
corresponding foreign patents unless the foreign patent was
actually granted prior to the granting of the patent in this
country; that is to say, although the foreign case may have
been filed earlier than the granting or issuing of the pat¬
ent in this country, the prior issuance of the patent in
this country :will avoid limitation. In this case, so far
as we are able to ascertain, two foreign patents were grant¬
ed prior to the issuance of either of the two U.S. patents
included in thiB set, viz., Austrian patent granted April
16th 1888, and Portuguese patent granted May 30th 1888, the
latter affecting only U. S. patent No. 386,974. These
patents expire January 14th 1903 and May 30th 1903 respec¬
tively; therefore unless certain of the other corresponding
foreign patents affect the life of these two U. S. patents,
the U. S. patents will not expire until January 14th 1903.
The other patents which may affect the life of these two
patents are the fallowing:

H. S. Wales, filed March 6, 1888, expires March 6, 1902.
Victoria, " June 6, " " June 6, "

Cape Colony, " " 11, " " " 11, "

S. Australia, » " 16, " " " 16, . "

Queensland, " " 22, " " " 22, "

Gennany, " . J«*n. 6, " " Jan. 7, 1903.

Sweden, " " 30, « " " 30, "

Norway, " Peb. 17, " Peb. 17,

Prance, " Jani* 9, " " June 9, "

Tasmania, " JiunC 18, " " 14 years from

date of acceptance., which
date we have no record of.

. j pJh^ . - i?o±€M.

/9«> I

Mr* William E. Gilmore, j t C f'j V^ JjP

National Phonograph Co., f $fM ' 'IfiOO /' <3-^0

Orange, N.J.

Dear Sirs-

Please write to Mr. Dyer and ask him whether the British Colon
ial patents in Australasia,were applied for under provisions of the "In¬
ternational Convention", so that they expire 14 years from the date of
the application for the .corresponding American patents, or whether they
expire 14 years from the date of their own applications.

Also, if the former is the case, whether this still further shortens
the life of the corresponding American patents, so that they expire 14
years from the dates of their respective applications.

Yours very truly.

SfoeAtin/

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r'RECEiV^;

■ National Phonograph Company, I , Ji'X

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W. E. Gilmore, Esq., President,

mograph Comi . ,

.'Orange, „

Dear Sir:.- .■ '

\* ryv" v |

'Referring to your 'letter of the 26th instant, in re
phonograph patents/ we beg to state that none of the foreign
patents were taken out under the provisions of the Inter¬
national Convention. The British Colonial patents all run
for fourteen years from the date of filing of the applica¬
tion papers, and are subject to the payment of taxes as in '
the case of British patents.

We believe this is all the information you desire.

If not, let us know and we will give you more detailed in¬
formation.

Yours very truly^

In regard to your patent, No. 648,935, of May 8, 1900,
which covers the Mechanical Duplicating Apparatus employing a large
sized master rotating at the same shaft speed as the standard dupli¬
cate, the application for which patent was filed October 28, 1899,
the Manager of the American Graphophone Oo., Thomas H. Macdonald,
has filed an application on the same invention, and an interference
has been declared. Your preliminary statement requires to be filed
on or before July 20th, next. Kindly furnish us with the following

information, in order that we may prepare the statement:

1. When did you conceive the invention? v;

2. When did you make sketches of the apparatus?

3. When did you disclose it to others?

■ ' ■ . ■ : • • . . - • . . . Vs

4. . When did you first make' a model, if any? . . •

5. When did you first make a full-sized apparatus’, if any?

6. The extent of use to which the invention has be,en put. ' . ’

Kindly give this matter your early attention, "and 'oblige

‘ Yours truly, • . ^-r- ^

'^•l.do ‘ 1 ,

Sum ne/ /tZWnu>n</s.
ZtrtuA 2St)yer.

V. »>: -#^0*

3ij\£,Jj<it<'.C/bce£.

Thomas A. Edison, Esq

Orange, N.J.

Your favor of the 9th instant has be(en received,
advising us of your dates for use in the Edison-
interference. We have prepared the statement therefrom and
beg to enclose the same herewith. Please .execute the state¬
ment and have the same acknowledged before aNotary Public.

In the enclosed statement, we state that at about the time
of the conception of the invention, in June, 1898, sketches
were made illustrating the same. We presume that this is
the fact, since you say in you r letter that "a new drawing
was made in January, 1899", from which we infer that previ¬
ous drawings or sketches had already been made by you. The
interference is at present suspended by reason of an unim¬
portant and purely formal motion; by Macdonald, and' it is
possible that in the event of a redeclaration thereof a new
statement from you will be required. We would like, howev¬
er, to have the enclosed statement signed and acknowledged
by you as soon as possible, in order that we may hold the
same in readiness for filing.

(F.L.D. ) Enel.

Yours very t,ruly, #

^ (PL™ -

Your application for patent No. 994 for Process of
Duplicating Phonograms filed March 5th 1898, which is at
present, involved in interference with Lambert, has also been
put in interference with an application of Prank L. Capps of
Newark, New Jersey, assignee to the American Graphophone
Company, on the following issues

"The herein described process of molding sound
recordB in celluloid, which consists of softening a
celluloid tablet and then forcing the sane against a
suitable matrix by its own expansive force."

A claim in the words of the issue was inserted by us by
amendment at the invitation of the Examiner, since there
appeared to be an ample basis for the claim in the case as
originally presented, the specification stating:

"These blanks may therefore be made of a relatively
hard material x x x x or polished
ebonite, vulcanized hard rubber or celluloid may be
used." -

Apparently all the claims of the Capps case are limited to
the carrying on of the process in connection with celluloid
alone, and such claims would therefore be dominated by the
broader claims of your case. The preliminary statement re-

quires to be filed on or before August 10th next, and we
would be glad to have your dates in order that this state¬
ment may be prepared. In the Lambert interference on the
broader claim not limited to celluloid, your preliminary
statement alleges that the invention was conceived, dis¬
closed to others, drawings made, and the process actually
reduced to practice in the month of October 1888, and that
since that time the process has been continuously practiced
at your laboratory. If you never carried on the process
in connection with celluloid, we will file a preliminary
statement similar to the one in the Lambert interference,
givihg your dates of the broad invention, but if you actual¬
ly did reduce the invention to practice in connection with
celluloid blanks, we wish you would let us know when such
reduction to practice was effected.

Yours very truly,

yld/al

ft/eAatttJIffiyeri
Sim i A SShjtn

SfiieccieYfo .• YactJrJ,

3S j\taJJa/vf$ree6.

tyZetrtym'S. . Julv^7, 1900.

atfrjUtrj*
tymerveiJfar ior£
Ki.J^^OrR

Thomas A. Edison, Es
Orange,

N.J.

Dear Sir,-

We have been requested by the Edison Ore Milling
Syndicate, Limited, of London, to prepare a statutory decla-.
ration to be used in an application' for patent in Rhodesia
to which some opposition has been developed. We therefore
have prepared this declaration and enclose it, together
with copy: of the specification and drawings referred to
therein. Kindly sign this paper as indicated in pencil,
returning all to us as early as possible.

Very truly yours

jrt/al

Enclosures .

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Sa>n«</ 0j5ffinon</s.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq • ,

Orange, N.J.

Dear sir:-

.M,^Vo.2'>/0arK

etober 31, 1900.

The final Government fee of/$20. ia due November 12th
on your application on Electric Meters, in which the current by
electrolysis decomposes a soluble nfercury salt, the metallic mer¬
cury set free being measured either in a capillary tube or by
weight. Kindly advise us if yon wish to have this patent issue.

Other applications of/yours which have been allowed and
which now await payment of the/final Government fees are No. 982,
lubrioating Journal Bearings;/ No. 984, Conveyors; No. 985,

Flight Conveyors; No. 993, grinding or Crushing RoIIb; No. 1028,
Apparatus for Resoreening Fine Materials; and No. 930, Method of
Rescreening Fine Materials. I Since all of these latter cases re¬
late to your ore milling aiM cement work, in connection with which
you informed1' us some time tfgo. that you wished to have all the pat¬
ents issue as soon as possible, it occurs to us that you may de¬
sire to have\ the final fe/s paid at this time.

[✓Yours very truly,

WCCM/F

FED/JM. JL

Dear Sir,-

The Interference which was declared between the
Macdonald application and your patent of May 8th 1900 on
the big master duplicating machine was dissolved, and a new
interference declared with an additional issue limited to
the bridge which straddles the master and which carries the
recorder and reproducer. We assume that the invention as
it was conceived by you in June 1898 and embodied in the
experimental model of July 1898 did in fact include this
bridge for carrying the recorder and reproducer, and upon
this assumption we have prepared and enclose a preliminary
statement for the new interference, giving the same dates
of invention etc. as were given by/ . you in your preliminary
statement filed in the dissolved interference. If we are
incorrect, and if in fact the bridge was not invented until
a later date, kindly advise us in order that. the statement
may be corrected.

In furnishing us with data for the preparation of
your preliminary statement in the first interference, you
said on July 9th last that about 40 of the machines ordered
on February 2nd 1899 from the Edison Phonograph Works had

been delivered and put in operation up to that time. In
the enclosed statement we have left the number of these ma¬
chines blank, as it occurs to us that possibly more of the
machines may now be in operation than were in use in July.
If so, kindly supply the correct number in the statement.

The statement requires to be signed as we have in¬
dicated in the presence of a Notary Public, and as it must
be filed in Washington before the 9th of November, we would
be obliged if you would execute and return the same to us
at your early convenience.

Yours very truly,

fat,,™*' '' xy/—

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Enclosure.

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November 7, 1900.

taifajfMms

Gillen y }<?n£

nt.Jfr.-2S>/0Grl:

Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.

Dear Mr. Edison:-

Regarding your patent on the expanding pulley form
of variable gearing, T find that both you and myself were
mistaken as to what you have secured by your patent. You
filed an application June 5, 1890, on this device, but it
was rejected on a number of patents, including that to Wales
dated July 11, 1876, a copy of which is enclosed, and in view
of this patent your application was finally abandoned after
consultation with you and after submitting it at your request
to the General Electric Company. The only patent on expand¬
ing pulley which you have is No. 476,984, dated June 14,

1892, which covers a pulley constructed of disks with flexi¬
ble or rope connections between the disks, the disks being
adjustable towards and away from each other. You will
recollect, also, the patent of yourself and Johnson of Eng¬
land, No. 641,281, dated January 16, 1900, covering certain
details of construction.

I assume that the infringement you had in mind is
that of the Reeves Pulley Company of Columbus, Indiana. T >
secured some time ago an illustrated pamphlet issued by this

Company, which I send you in a separate package, thinking
you might like to look it over.

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Orange, N.J.,

Dear Sir:-

In accordance with your instructions, we have pre¬
pared bills of complaint in suits to be brought against the
Lambert Company and Thomas B. Lambert for infringement of'
certain of your patents by the sale of phonograph records
constructed of celluloid. The patents infringed (two of
which stand in the name of the Edison Phonograph Company and
the other of which stands in the name of the National Phono¬
graph Company) cover a phonogram blank having a tapering
bore, phonogram blanks of waxlike materials end having the
same coefficient of expansion, and phonogram blanks provided
with internal ribs or projections.

Kindly execute the bill which is drawn in the name
of the Edison Phonograph Company and have the other, drawn
in the name of the National Phonograph Company, executed by
Mr. Gilmore. If, after execution, you will return both
bills to us , we will promptly forward them to Chicago and
have the subpoenas served.

Yours very truly, ■> >>

s m/m. /W^'

Enclosures

1900. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works (D-00-17)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Phonograph Works. Among the correspondents are the
Edison United Phonograph Co., Samuel Insull, and his brother Martin Insull.

Approximately 15 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected items consist primarily of orders placed with the Phonograph Works
and perfunctory correspondence regarding those orders, as well as bids for
plumbing work.

boon so overcrowded, with orders, and. still continue to bo so overcrowded
with them, that it was absolutely out of the question for us to oven
Give you, an idea as to when shipment of this order complete oould bo
made. .As wo understand :lt, you desire everything shipped complete,
after the shipment of the first five Home phonographs.

Ve give you below the prioos at which the various apparatus will

be furnished:

3 Gonoert Phonographs,

$50.00 each net

2 Large Spring Motor Phonocraphs,

■35.00 " "

45 Homo Phonographs,

14.50 " «

20 Standard Phono graphs,

10.00 " "

500 Records,

.25 11 "

6600 Blanks,

8.85 Per 100. , net.

All boxed, f.o.b. oars, Orange, IT. J.

Wo regret that the order is so email. that we

could not attempt to

make these up under the contract dated March 11th

, 1890, as the time

oonsumed in so doing would be a very important factor, to say nothing

of the vory high, cost of snme. V/e have therefore made arrangements to

E. U. P. Co,

(2)

1/15/1900.

olDtain the Goods for you from the National Phonograph Co., for v/hom we
are building a large number of all the different typos of machines
montioned.

The records, of oourse, we do not manufacture, and they must, of
course, ho ohtninod from the National Phonograph Co. Under the cir-
oumstunoes, wo should like to have you advise us whether this method of
handling the order is entirely satisfactory to yourselves, it being
distinctly understood that same is not furnished under the terms of the
contract, above mentioned.

As -to shipment , v/o can chip the f ivo Home phonographs in about ton
days from this date and the balance of the order we hope to have ready
in about three weeks from this date. The writer lias looked into the
matter personally and regrets that this is the very best time v/e can
Give you!

v/c can firnlsh you with one Nickel-plated Horae Phonograph complete
at the price of §24.00 npt, boxed, f.o.b. earn, Orange, N. J.

If you Will advise us as to .whether the above arrangement is satis¬
factory, vc will then arrange to have the Nat ional/Pjftpitograph Co. send
you pro forma invoice for tho goods. /

Yours very truly,

TOSJ/XW

General Manager.

Edi son Phonograph ’Yorks,

ORANGE N.J. I I

! f/Afe ; v , i

Dear Sirs,

We are duly in receipt of your favo£
note contents.

Please put our Order No. 445 in hand at once in order
that the goods may be shipped within the time specified, namely
three weeks, and we trust you will expedite it as much asTpossi bl9.

We enclose a list of the 3
or marked _off are not wanted.

The five Home phonographs <

•ecords wanted, tho^eCcro-ssed
/

1 be packed^hnd sHi'pped
with the other 45 Homes, making a total of 50, and y ouh aad , no t^

it ordered, or pack tham in burl-aji^
1 nickel plated Home phonograph

ship any by express as at firi
Please ship also oni
complete at the price .quoted.

This being a special order, we hereby waive our contract
between your Works and this Company dated March Ilth IS90,in
respect of price and method of handling this order onljr, as pro¬
posed in your letter of Jany.I5th 1900. Shipping directions will
besent you within a week. Ymi 1 i l"i'n I j .

Secretary

We are in receipt of your favor of Jan. 16th, giving further
instructions relative to your order No. 445. As stated to you in my
letter of the 15th, we cannot fill this order. We can, however,

arrange to obtain the giods from the National Phonograph Co., and I am
particularly anxious to know whether we shall proceed to do so, or
whether it is your desire that the goods be gotten out by ourselves.

You seem to have overlooked entirely that portion of my letter and I
should like to have a distinct understanding as to same before proceedig
with this order. Please let us hear from you.

Yours very truly,

(Signed). W. E. Gilmore,

weg/iww

; ' BETWEEN "WANDJ3W streets, September 24, 1900.

PERSONAL.

V. E. Gilmore, Esq.,

c/o Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. J.

My dear Gilmore:

In confirmation of my telephone conversation with you of
this morning I quote below what I read you from Sam's letter to me
on the subject of the Phonograph notes.

"I want you to get at Gilmore and see if you cannot arrange so
that the six notes that you now have he will consolidate into two
notes, each for .$3000., at four and six months, on an understanding
that the one drawn at four months shall be renewed for its face at
maturity, and the one drawn at six months $2,000. shall be renewed,
and that this process shall go on, the renewals falling due on the
same dates that the various notes now fall due, each time $1,000.
being paid off the amount. I want you to explain to him that we have
managed to use six of the notes, but that we cannot use the other
six, and that we need the money."

I thought it advisable to send this to you so in case there
had been, any possible misunderstanding over the telephone.

Trusting that you will be able to arrange this matter and
thanking you> in advance for the trouble it will put you to, believe

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SeEt^1_1900JL,89 ;

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139 Adams St. , Chicago, Ill. ^

// ' Edison declines to make proposed new notes ,

as original arrangement was made and agreced to

— by-lbim-prinoipa-l-l-y— on— the— under atanding-of -

. long time notes. Is opposed to new notes, as in
the eftyent ,of their passing out of your bands ■
or your decease, then. new notes would' become
-due and payable for ful-1 amount of .same at
—maturing-dates-,— as— any-arrangementasto-rdnewal
unless • indicated on the face of notes, would
be hull and void. _ _

V-READ THE NOTICE AND AGREEMENT ON BACK.-£3

1900. Phonograph - Edison United
Phonograph Company (D-00-18)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the business of the Edison United Phonograph Co. and other companies
organized to exploit the Edison phonograph in countries otherthan the United
States and Canada. Included are items concerning the financial problems of
the Edison United Phonograph Co. and the strained relations involving the
Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co., Ltd., on the one hand, and the
National Phonograph Co. and the Edison Phonograph Works, on the other.

Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been selected. Items
not selected include letters and memoranda pertaining to routine daily
operations of the Edison United Phonograph Co.

<?**"<> - ^ dc,

RAPHAEL CONSONNI

34, RUE DE LA VICTOIRE

TfeUPMONE N* 147*36

ypec '&L/

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£UP<-

My dear Mr. Mdis on . F

I think it is. of the utmost importance that you and I have'
a conference over phonograph matters. Is it possible for you to come
over to Mew York on Saturday. If so, please name the hour which will
be most convenient to you. I am sure that such an Interview will be
for our mutual interests.

Yours since:

William E

Dear Sir:

Gouraud,
Army" to
files of

HAYES & LAMBERT,

HtTD

PA-

. Gilmore, Esq.,
National Phono. Co.,

Orange , N. J .

flTe^ivWf 18 ’ 190°-

apr, .ift.- vm

Ahs’d . . . . .

I leg to hand you copy of assignment of "George Edward
of Little Menlo Beulah Hill, late Colonel in the United States
the Edison United Phono. Co., which please. place in your
the English natters.

Yours truly.

[ENCLOSURE]

THIS INDENTURE made the ninth day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Ninety-one, between George Edward Gouraud of Little Menlo Beulah
Hill in the County of Surrey, late Colonel in the United States Army,
of the one part, and The Edison United Phonograph Company being a cor¬
poration organized and existing under the laws of the state of New
Jersey in the said United States of America (hereinafter called the
Company) of the other part, Whereas by certain Letters Patent under
the Great seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
short particulars whereof are set out in the Schedule hereto, Her
Majesty granted to the said George Edward Gouraud her especial license
full power able privilege and authority at all times thereafter during
the respective terms therein mentioned, to make, use, exercise and
vend the respective Inventions mentioned in the last Column of the
said Schedule within the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, and
that the said George Edward Gouraud should have and enjoy the whole
profit and advantage' from time to time accruing from the said Inven¬
tions respectively during the respective terms thereof, And Whereas
the said George Edward Gouraud is still the legal and registered owner
of the said several patents, but the Company is subject to the reser¬
vation hereinafter contained, entitles in equity to the same Patents
And Whereas the said George Edward Gouraud has agreed to enter into
these presents for the purpose of assigning and transferring to the

[ENCLOSURE]

said Company the legal. right in the said Patents to which they are so
entitled as such equitable owners, Now This Indenture Witnesseth that
in pursuance of the said agreement and in consideration of the pre¬
mises The said George Edward Gouraud doth hereby transfer, assign and
set over unto the Company the six several Letters Patent mentioned in
the said schedule and his entire right, title and .interest therein a
and thereto, and all benefits, privileges and advantages arising
therefrom, including the right of applying for an extension of the
respective terms thereof, Excepting and Reserving only out of the
assignments hereby made the right to use any of the said inventions
and improvements in or in connection with dolls, toys, toy figures
and clocks, To hold the same (except as herein excepted) unto the
Company absolutely.

In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have here¬
unto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

The Schedule before referred tn.

No. of Patent.

Date .

To whom
granted.

Subject matter of
Invention.

17175 of 1887

14 December,
1887.

George Edward
Gouraud ,

Improvements in Phonographs
&nd -Phonograms.

5307 of 1888

10 April

1888.

George Edward
Gouraud .

Improvements in the manufac¬
ture of Phonogram Blanks and
Phonograms and Apparatus
therefor.

[ENCLOSURE]

Bo. of Patent. ' Date. To whom

granted.

Subject matter Of
Invention.

12593 of 1888. 1 September George Edward

1888. Gouraud.

12594 of 1888. 1 September George Edward

1888. Gouraud.

16212 of 1888 8 November George Edward

1888. Gouraud.

7794 of 1889 9 May, 1889 George Edward

Gouraud.

Improvements in recording
and reproducing sounds
and in means applicable
therefor.

Improvements in Phono¬
graphs.

Improvements in Phonographs
or Apparatus for recording
and reproducing sound and
in Phonograms or surfaces
for receiving sound records
and in Envelopes 'for such
Phonograms .

Improvements in or appli¬
cable to Phonographs arid 'in
the manufacture and use of
Phonogram Blanks or surfaces
for receiving the sound
record.

Signed Sealed and Delivered )

by the above named George ) g. g.' Gouraud. L. S.

Edward Gouraud in the presence of )

C. Chabot ,

50 Old Broad Street,

Solicitor.

New York, a^yt 17, 190.

Eon. William C. Lover lng,

3824 UaeoAuJxieettB Avenue r.K^V) m or

. Washington,. fa&p a, jnhoi'bor :• ' t.-Hfrwi.v • o
Bear Mr. Lovering:. . ^ {(>> -[V ■ cu b tapiy *»

I Beg to confirm my aocvereatlon with you of
to-day In vbi.op._ X you. the,* ,k.tovjR*«nir«dyou

fully to the jr extent. ..oj .$J5t000 Ip rel*«!terk(W?.
ship of _ a :,no je..o£; tJ^^diBOiij-ual.t^oi-. phb nogrUpS S0M£aftjr fi*
for $30,000, 'bearing 36^;,lntere8li and due Mareh 65 3,90-1.

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Bank °f *ZPf* o^ift^oo^Vnndil am j

forwarding ate Md$*fc*dh*a.<»*tiea j

that you are aeoure^ fa tfapif&pn. e«teatv<of *6 ,***>.

This will Beoure yop. yoUr |

interest In that note.,of>$151f!op,tpnd 1, hereby ;*eree. to : |

protect you fully to that extep^.fta5hete9our>iti*8r«iioh 1

are already deposited, in . the-, Oua^stn^ey ajrutt Company: of"

New York City are n»r« . than ^de<^uate.ato. jay the reudihlng
halanoe of $15,000, no you may. have .np.^pprohsneionsof 1

any kind but that you are fully protected , and that oia-«y \

intention as I assured you in my conversation :with you

w. c. l. -a-

to-day. I aleo havo aeked Mr. ^ttrleii'to'doliTer you
at onoa tbrou^ Mr. Scrris^^^ittfloit'-ii^Safea^slhit^ao of
the Stock of C^&f>lfflpfeofiS.°'6,ojaii8Bse-f.o

which you arc entitled, and which, ha holds simply e»
Iruatee . ' to CG%*m fi^ttJfVWeatioa with you of

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gret or ooncorn'^fn^hfi ittittcrj tte I ‘-'Stall'd s hsree yarutmgetJlr-
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taken hyr sotS flow too State* tt? ISO*,

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ten ejtdyflveTy «U the interest* of every nature that

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L0 MB1 0 M.llth September 1900

' Thomas A. Edison Esq., /, -./vs

ORANGE. N. J. (U.S.A.) jyV I 7 ‘{J

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I am instructed by my Directors to dra^our\^t taction
to the fact, of which you cannot but be Jtali^ware^that cW- ^
tain parties in New York, are continually Oip^Og-loods of your
manufacture into our territory, .and I am desiredto ask you, as"'*
a gentleman of honour, whether you consider, we -are being fairly^
treated, and whether you have so parted, with your rights, and
the influence conferred by those rights, that you are now power-.,
less to protect the interests of tho se .who paid a large sum of
money for territorial privileges on the faith of a title givdn
by you.

The most flagrant instance' of piratical trading to

which X will refer is that of Mr. 0. E. Stevens. He circular-

(izes

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'Thomas A. Edison Esq. (Continued)

the British Isles, Australia, India and Cape Colony, quoting
your goods at prices with which it is impossible for us to com¬
pete. To make a living profit it is obvious that he must ob-
t&in your goods at prices much below those you quote my Company,
or he is a philanthropist anxious to benefit his fellow crea¬
tures by letting them have Phonographs at cost, plus expenses.
As I personally do not think Mr. Stevens is a philanthropist
my first deduction seems the most probable.

As a case in point I will take Australia. My Company
has shipped to that Colony at very considerable expense hun¬
dreds of your Machines and thousands of records. These goods
have been consigned to an Agent for sale, my Company taking
all risks. The Agent has just informed me that all dealers in
Australasia have received circulars from Mr. Stevens, quoting
the very lowest prices prevailing in New York. I will ask you

how is it possible for us. to sell at a profit in face of his
action. ■

You cannot accuse my Company of want of enterprise,
for the Australian .venture runs into thousands of pounds ster=
ling. In South Africa we have, at great expense, pushed the
business, and the same would have been done in India on a large
scale, but no good firm will take the matter up, solely owing
to the circulars from New York spoiling the market.

•Thomas A. Edison Esq. (Continued)

I wish to impress upon you that the great damage we
suffer arises primarily from Stevens’ quotations, apart from
any trade he may do. Dealers cannot understand why he is in a
position to quote below the parties holding the legal rights,
which rights came directly from you for a consideration, and we
are obliged to admit that we cannot explain how it is that the
supreme head of the Phonograph trade allows such unfair trading
to go on behind his signature.

In the foregoing I have endeavoured to bring home to
you as briefly as possible the full significance of the position
created by your allowing illicit trading, and especially the
circularizing principally by Mr. Stevens, and am requested to
say that my Directors will be pleased to receive a communication
from you personally as to What you oan do to protect the inter*
ests of those who purchased certain rights on the strength of
your name, and who now loplc to you to protect your signature
to the utmost of your power. it is a. serious matter for iiiy
Oompany, and deserving of your greatest consideration, and 1
trust to receive from you assurances that the practices cbm1-
plained of will be stopped forthwith, and subh assistance bn
your part in the future as will effectually prevent irresponsi¬
ble parties from doing that which jeopardises belief in the good:
faith of one so' well known as yourself.

Thomas A. Edison Esq. (Continued)

Awaiting the favour of your early reply.
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Yours faithfullyj

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Edison Phonograph Works, ORASTSHf^tj. ois.AJ/fti/ , ^ /

I Ul,~’{- 1900 /

Dear Sir, '&!?:■' :'C . /

I am instructed by my Directors’ to acknowledge receipt
of your letter of the 27th of September, and to say that they

are much disappointed that you will i

st do anything to stop

i point out that all fees

taxes in respect of the Patents

purchased have been and are regularly paid.

You state, that the national Phonograph Co., a Company

in which you have a large interest, purpo se doing busi. ness wher¬
ever there are no valid or sustainable Patents, or where the
owners do not litigate the Patents. What my Directors strongly
complain about is that the national Phonograph Co., or at least

(Continued)

parties in very close connection with them, do trade or endeav¬
our to trade in territory where we have successfully litigated
the Patents, viz:- Australia and Cape Colony.

My Company has been put to enormous expense, first in
purchasing the Patents; secondly in defending them, and now,
when it was hoped some advantage would be reaped, circulars
from your side are sent throughout the territory in question,
quoting prices at which it is very well known by you and your
friends that we cannot c ontpe te with and live.

The least that was expected was that' you kould use
your influence towards stopping parties from spoiling our mar¬
ket in countries rightfully belonging to us. It seems you can¬
not or will not, and therefore it but remains for my Directors
to do what they can in the situation" thus created.

Yours faithfully.

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